Ohio delays executions amid drugs search

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state of Ohio on Monday put off its resumption of executions for another year as it continues to struggle to find the drugs it would prefer to use for lethal injections Ohio last put an inmate to death in January 2014, with its one-time use of the sedative midazolam in conjunction with the morphine derivative hydromorphone. Dennis McGuire of Montgomery County died, but witnesses described him as making choking sounds and struggling against his restraints for 26 minutes after