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| Ohio judge stays three executions amid challenge over lethal injection drugs | |
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| A federal judge issued a stay on Monday in the planned January execution of an Ohio death row inmate and for the next two inmates scheduled to die in 2017, a move that could delay the state’s plan to carry out the death penalty for the first time in three years. | A federal judge issued a stay on Monday in the planned January execution of an Ohio death row inmate and for the next two inmates scheduled to die in 2017, a move that could delay the state’s plan to carry out the death penalty for the first time in three years. |
| The order comes amid a challenge to a state law that shields details about the lethal injection drugs the state plans to use. | The order comes amid a challenge to a state law that shields details about the lethal injection drugs the state plans to use. |
| US district magistrate judge Michael Merz in Dayton said the stay could be lifted if a federal appeals court hands down a ruling in the related challenge of the shield law before the scheduled execution of Ronald Phillips on 12 January. | US district magistrate judge Michael Merz in Dayton said the stay could be lifted if a federal appeals court hands down a ruling in the related challenge of the shield law before the scheduled execution of Ronald Phillips on 12 January. |
| Merz said it would only be minor inconvenience for the state to set new execution dates. | Merz said it would only be minor inconvenience for the state to set new execution dates. |
| Phillips is scheduled to be executed for the rape and murder of his girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter, Sheila Marie Evan, in Akron in 1993. | Phillips is scheduled to be executed for the rape and murder of his girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter, Sheila Marie Evan, in Akron in 1993. |
| His execution has already been delayed several times, including in 2013 when he made a last-minute request that was later denied to donate a kidney to his mother, who was on dialysis. | His execution has already been delayed several times, including in 2013 when he made a last-minute request that was later denied to donate a kidney to his mother, who was on dialysis. |
| Phillips asked for a delay in November so he can have more time to challenge the state’s new three-drug method for carrying out death sentences. He and other inmates want to block the new procedure, arguing that it will result in a painful and barbaric death. | Phillips asked for a delay in November so he can have more time to challenge the state’s new three-drug method for carrying out death sentences. He and other inmates want to block the new procedure, arguing that it will result in a painful and barbaric death. |
| Dan Tierney, a spokesman for Ohio’s attorney general, Mike DeWine, said the office’s attorneys are reviewing whether to appeal against the order issuing the stay. | Dan Tierney, a spokesman for Ohio’s attorney general, Mike DeWine, said the office’s attorneys are reviewing whether to appeal against the order issuing the stay. |
| The state in October announced plans to use a new three-drug combination for at least three executions. | The state in October announced plans to use a new three-drug combination for at least three executions. |
| Ohio hasn’t executed any prisoner since January 2014, when death row inmate Dennis McGuire repeatedly gasped and snorted during a 26-minute procedure using a never-before-tried two-drug combo. | Ohio hasn’t executed any prisoner since January 2014, when death row inmate Dennis McGuire repeatedly gasped and snorted during a 26-minute procedure using a never-before-tried two-drug combo. |
| Executions then went on hold as the state had trouble finding new supplies of drugs, which were made off limits for executions by drugmakers. | Executions then went on hold as the state had trouble finding new supplies of drugs, which were made off limits for executions by drugmakers. |