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Ohioans to Stop Executions / July 31, 2019

Ohio can’t get drugs for new execution method, DeWine admits

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that state prison officials are finding it impossible to find any company to supply drugs an execution alternative to one that essentially has been declared cruel and unusual.

He said he would talk to legislative leaders whether legislation allowing a different execution method should be pursued.

Some Ohio death row inmates have been asking to be executed by firing squad, while two Tennessee inmates last year opted to be executed in the electric chair. Ohio’s “Old Sparky” has been in storage for years

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