Pentru deţinutul Romell Broom (53 de ani), condamnat la pedeapsa capitală după ce a violat şi ucis o fată de 14 ani, în 1984, ceea ce se anunţa o execuţie fără dureri s-a transformat într-o suferinţă fără margini. Angajaţii de la Southern Ohio Correctional Facility s-au chinuit mai bine de două ore să-i găsească vasele de sânge pentru a-i putea injecta conţinutul letal. Coşmarul a început când Broom a intrat în sala de execuţie.
L-au înţepat de 18 ori
“Eram înconjurat de trei gardieni. M-am întins pe “patul morţii” şi am aşteptat ca echipa medicală să-mi facă injecţia intravenoasă”, îşi începe Broom povestea. Însă se pare că deţinutului încă nu-i sosise ceasul. Mai întâi, una dintre infirmiere i-a străpuns de trei ori braţul stâng, iar apoi, tot de atâtea ori, pe cel drept, pentru a-i găsi o venă. Cum aceasta nu a reuşit, un infirmier a trecut la acţiune.

I-a înţepat şi el, tot de trei ori, mâna dreaptă, fără succes însă. Epuizaţi de tentativele eşuate, asistenţii au hotărât să ia o pauză. Au reluat la scurt timp procedura, iar deţinutul îşi aminteşte că într-una din aceste încercări a suferit o durere cumplită.
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“Infirmiera mi-a atins un muşchi şi am urlat de durere ”, povesteşte deţinutul, care a fost înţepat de 18 ori. În cele din urmă, după două ore şi jumătate petrecute de Broom în “camera morţii”, guvernatorul statului Ohio, Ted Strickland, a decis amânarea executării pedepsei.
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Eugen Tomac, premier desemnat
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