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.
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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.
Future Of Ohio’s Death Penalty Hangs On Legality Of Midazolam
In 2014, Dennis McGuire of Montgomery County was executed. The process did not go as planned. No executions have happened in Ohio since, and the state has been caught in a protracted legal battle over which drugs can be used in executions.