Late last week a federal judge lengthened the moratorium on Ohio's executions by another five months. This move comes amid controversy and scrutiny surrounding the type of "cocktail" the state desires to use for its executions. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost issued the ruling last Friday stating that more time is needed to determine the appropriate steps to take toward implementing and adopting a new protocol for executions.
Judge Frost had already ordered a halt to the state's executions back in May after the botched Oklahoma execution. The halt on executions was supposed to expire later this week. In January, Ohio had performed a lengthy execution in which they had used a combination of drugs which had not been tested. Ohio plans on using these two drugs but increasing the dosage.
The ACLU has requested a national suspension of executions because of the string of "botched" executions of recent months.
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