07-03-2019 16:42 via 10tv.com

Gov. DeWine delays 3 more executions while drugs reviewed

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has delayed three additional executions to give the state prison system time to develop a new lethal injection method.The Republican governor's order Thursday follows a federal judge's scathing critique in January of the first drug used in the current process, the sedative midazolam.Federal Judge Michael Merz said inmates could suffer severe pain because the drug doesn't render them deeply enough unconscious.DeWine delayed a February execution af
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