Ohio has canceled executions for 2016, giving 12 death-row inmates up to three more years to live.
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State Considers Exempting Killers With Severe Mental Illness From Death Penalty
Convicted murderers who had a severe mental illness when they committed their crime would face a maximum punishment of life without parole instead of the death penalty under a proposed Ohio law.
Ohio Insists It Can Import Execution Drug Legally, After FDA Said It Couldn’t
The FDA warned Ohio in June that importing the execution drug, sodium thiopental, would be illegal. Friday, Ohio pushed back, saying there should be a legal way to do it.