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Sponsors seek authorization of nitrogen hypoxia as alternative execution method and confidentiality for drug suppliers
Summary
Representative Stewart told the Judiciary Committee House Bill 36 would authorize nitrogen hypoxia as an alternative to lethal injection when injection drugs are unavailable and would restore statutory confidentiality protections for suppliers of execution drugs that expired under a prior sunset clause.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on House Bill 36, Representative Stewart said the bill would authorize an alternative method—nitrogen hypoxia—for carrying out capital sentences when lethal‑injection drugs are unavailable, and would restore confidentiality protections for suppliers of lethal‑injection drugs that previously expired.
Stewart said Ohio has had a de facto moratorium on executions since 2018 because the Executive Branch has declined to carry out sentences citing…
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