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Executions delayed while Ohio searches for new lethal injection drugs
Source: CNN
Executions delayed while Ohio searches for new lethal injection drugs
By Janet DiGiacomo and Debra Goldschmidt, CNN
Updated 2309 GMT (0709 HKT) March 7, 2019
(CNN) — The executions of three Ohio death row inmates have been delayed as the state continues to develop a new execution-drug protocol, the governor's office said Thursday.
The development of the new protocol was ordered by Gov. Mike DeWine in January, after a US magistrate ruled that the state's current three-drug protocol would cause severe pain and needless suffering, according to a news release.
DeWine said Thursday's reprieves are being issued because it's unlikely the new protocol could be litigated by the scheduled execution dates.
The action brings the number of delayed executions this year to four. In January, DeWine issued a reprieve for Warren Henness based on the ruling.
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By Janet DiGiacomo and Debra Goldschmidt, CNN
Updated 2309 GMT (0709 HKT) March 7, 2019
(CNN) — The executions of three Ohio death row inmates have been delayed as the state continues to develop a new execution-drug protocol, the governor's office said Thursday.
The development of the new protocol was ordered by Gov. Mike DeWine in January, after a US magistrate ruled that the state's current three-drug protocol would cause severe pain and needless suffering, according to a news release.
DeWine said Thursday's reprieves are being issued because it's unlikely the new protocol could be litigated by the scheduled execution dates.
The action brings the number of delayed executions this year to four. In January, DeWine issued a reprieve for Warren Henness based on the ruling.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/07/health/ohio-delays-executions-search-for-new-drug/index.html
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