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.
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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.
Supreme Court ruling’s effect on Ohio’s execution method unclear
Mike Brickner, senior policy director with the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the ruling does not mean Ohio will go back to midazolam. “They’re searching for a new drug for executions, but with the secrecy bill passed last year, I don’t know a lot about what’s going on with that,” he […]