Ohio has been able to replenish part of its lethal drug supply in recent months, and could carry out nearly 20 additional executions under certain conditions, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press.
The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction took in new supplies of midazolam, a sedative administered first to condemned inmates, and potassium chloride, which stops prisoners’ hearts, in December and January, several weeks after receiving previous supplies of the drugs, the records show.
The records don’t indicate whether the department received fresh supplies of the second drug in Ohio’s method called rocuronium bromide, which paralyzes inmates.
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