A U.S appeals court upheld a preliminary injunction against Ohio’s lethal-injection process for executions Thursday. It’s the same process used in Arizona.
The decision prevents the state from executing three death-row inmates by barring the use of drugs that previously caused problems in executions in Ohio and Arizona. The drugs paralyze and stop the heart.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision that Ohio's new lethal-injection process was problematic.
Mike Brickner with the American Civil Liberties Union said Ohio's response suggests there are not likely to be executions in the state in the short term.
Ohio had planned to use a new, three-drug process in February.
