State legislators passed an execution secrecy law late last year in hopes that it would persuade small-scale drug manufacturers called compounding pharmacies to sell Ohio sodium thiopental or pentobarbital. But the American Pharmacists Association, as well as many compounding pharmacists in Ohio, have voiced reluctance to make and sell execution drugs.
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Duty to execute with dignity
What state lawmakers here can do is take the next step in implementing the recommendations of the task force that examined ways to make improvements.
Toledo Blade Editorial: Executing vigilance
Given botched executions with midazolam in Ohio and other states, including Oklahoma and Arizona, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction should not resume using it for executions.