The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the execution of a killer who scattered his victim’s remains across two states. Kenneth Biros was scheduled to die by lethal injection,for killing Tami Engstrom in 1991. Biros admits to killing Tami Engstrom, but claims he killed her in a drunken rage.
The execution was delayed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on March 20, 2007 to allow Biros to argue that Ohio’s method of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment. The process involves administering three different drugs – sodium pentothal to relax the inmate, pancuronium bromide, which stops breathing, and potassium choloride, which stops the heart. It takes on average eight to 10 minutes for the inmate’s heart to stop.
Source: http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/03-21-2007/6b960012f1736a96.html
