“However, the state, which has seen four executions go horribly wrong, is about to issue its sixth execution protocol in five years. Ohio needs to take a comprehensive look at its death penalty system and execution process, something the state hasn’t done since it re-implemented the death penalty in 1981,” Young said.
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Governor Kasich signed an egregious bill last month that shields the identities of lethal-injection drug manufacturers. Among other things, the new law prevents the public from evaluating how drugs from pharmacies used by Ohio are working in other states.