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Execution Attempt

The Sixth Circuit denied habeas relief to a death row inmate finding that a second execution attempt would not constitute a cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. Ohio first tried to execute Romell Broom by lethal injection in 2009 but could not maintain a viable IV connection to his veins. 

CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit denied habeas relief to a death-row inmate finding that a second execution attempt would not constitute a cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. Ohio first tried to execute Romell Broom by lethal injection in 2009 but could not maintain a viable IV connection to his veins. 

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