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Ohio Running Out of Lethal Injection Drug

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Alan Johnson's report in today's Columbus Dispatch. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction officials say they have enough of the drug for the execution of Sidney Cornwell of Mahoning County, scheduled for Nov. 16. Beyond that, the supply is uncertain. Prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn declined to say whether the state has considered or will consider buying from Great Britain or other foreign sources. No executions are scheduled in Ohio in December or January, but two are set after that: Frank Spisak of Cuyahoga County on Feb. 17 and Johnnie Baston of Lucas County on March 10. In addition, county prosecutors from across the state have petitioned the Ohio Supreme Court to set execution dates in 10 other cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 05, 2010 (boomark / email).