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Ohio Delays Executions Until 2017 Over Lack of Lethal Drugs
Source: Associated Press
Ohio Delays Executions Until 2017 Over Lack of Lethal Drugs
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oct 19, 2015, 8:56 PM ET
Ohio is putting off executions until at least 2017 as the state struggles to obtain supplies of lethal injection drugs, delaying capital punishment for a full two years, the prisons department announced Monday.
Execution dates for 11 inmates scheduled to die next year and one scheduled for early 2017 were all pushed into ensuing years through warrants of reprieve issued by Gov. John Kasich.
The result is 25 inmates with execution dates beginning in January 2017 that are now scheduled through August 2019. Ohio last put someone to death in January 2014.
Ohio has run out of supplies of its previous drugs and has unsuccessfully sought new amounts, including so-far failed attempts to import chemicals from overseas.
The new dates are needed to give the prisons agency extra time, the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said in a statement.
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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oct 19, 2015, 8:56 PM ET
Ohio is putting off executions until at least 2017 as the state struggles to obtain supplies of lethal injection drugs, delaying capital punishment for a full two years, the prisons department announced Monday.
Execution dates for 11 inmates scheduled to die next year and one scheduled for early 2017 were all pushed into ensuing years through warrants of reprieve issued by Gov. John Kasich.
The result is 25 inmates with execution dates beginning in January 2017 that are now scheduled through August 2019. Ohio last put someone to death in January 2014.
Ohio has run out of supplies of its previous drugs and has unsuccessfully sought new amounts, including so-far failed attempts to import chemicals from overseas.
The new dates are needed to give the prisons agency extra time, the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said in a statement.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ohio-delays-executions-2017-lack-lethal-drugs-34584142
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