Ohio Uses Single Drug to Execute Killer

Ohio today became a ground-breaker in how to execute criminals despite the nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental following the discontinuation of the drug by its sole producer : Officials executed a convicted murderer—37-year-old Johnnie Baston—with just one drug, pentobarbital. It’s traditionally used to put down dogs, cats, and horses,…

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Ohio Uses Single Drug to Execute Killer

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