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Attorney general and prosecutors urge committee to approve HB36 to add nitrogen hypoxia and restore supplier confidentiality
Summary
At a second hearing on House Bill 36, Attorney General Yost and prosecutors urged the House Judiciary Committee to authorize nitrogen hypoxia as an alternative execution method and to restore confidentiality protections for drug suppliers, arguing delays have left victims without closure; members pressed them on drug procurement, vetting of nitrogen hypoxia, and legal safeguards.
Chairman Thomas opened a second hearing for House Bill 36, which would add nitrogen hypoxia as an authorized method of execution and restore statutory confidentiality for suppliers of execution drugs. Attorney General David Yost and the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association testified in favor.
Attorney General Yost told the committee he had testified on the bill previously and urged members to "put this bill to an up or down vote," saying inaction on capital punishment "has created a dishonorable situation." He criticized private drug companies for "veto[ing] public policy" by refusing to supply drugs for lethal injection and argued the legislature should provide an alternative method or repeal the death penalty to resolve the impasse. Yost cited counts of people…
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