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

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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.

Read the full article from the Associated Press.

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