Ohio runs out of one drug for executions, turns to new drugs

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio said on Monday that it does not have enough of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital to carry out a scheduled execution next month and will switch to two new drugs. Ohio corrections spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said the state will use the drugs midazolam and hydromorphone in the scheduled execution of Ronald Phillips on November 14. The Ohio announcement comes as several U.S. ...



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