Lethal injection mix ruled illegal
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The state’s method of execution is unconstitutional because two of the three drugs it uses for lethal injection can cause “an agonizing and painful death,” a judge ruled.
Executioners must stop using the three-drug combination and use a single anesthetic drug because state law requires a painless death, the judge ruled in Elyria.
In April, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the lethal injection procedure in Kentucky, which uses the same three drugs as Ohio.
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