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Judge: Ohio’s Lethal Injection Drugs Don’t Pass Constitutional Muster

A federal judge ruled Ohio’s latest lethal injection process is unconstitutional, and has delayed three executions. So reports the Associated Press.

The state’s three-drug method was planned for use in the now delayed execution of Ronald Phillip. The judge ruled the sedative midazolam would not pass a constitutional ban on a drug having “substantial risk of serious harm." The second and third drugs were also barred. The state has appealed to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

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