If Ohio goes forward, it will do so without implementing the most substantial recommendations of an impressive Ohio Supreme Court task force on improving capital punishment.
Ohio preparing for 1st execution in more than three years
Ohio says it’s following a mandatory checklist for putting inmates to death as it prepares for the state’s first execution in more than three years. Items on that checklist include determining that the state has enough lethal drugs for the execution, evaluating the inmate’s mental health and checking his veins for the insertion of IVs.
Appeals court ruling opens door to Ohio resuming executions
Ohio is a step closer to resuming executions after a federal court narrowly voted in the state’s favor in a case over its lethal injection process. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday reversed a judge’s order that delayed three executions after he declared Ohio’s lethal injection process unconstitutional.