The decision makes Otte the 24th inmate on death row with an execution date. The prison system is scheduled to resume executions in January but hasn’t been able to obtain new supplies of lethal injection drugs.
Ohio attempting to illegally procure execution drugs, says FDA
Ohio Public Defender Tim Young criticized importing pharmaceuticals as “an obviously illegal attempt to obtain drugs in a way that is banned for every other American. “This certainly supports the idea they are at the end of the available options for lethal injection drugs,” Young said.
Death penalty ruling may pave way for national abolitionists
A sweeping decision this week by the Connecticut Supreme Court found the death penalty no longer meets society’s evolving standards of decency…