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Ohio governor: Lethal injection no longer execution option

by Farnoush AmiriJulie Carr Smyth
| December 8, 2020 8:33 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lethal injection is no longer an option for Ohio executions, and lawmakers must choose a different method of capital punishment before any inmates can be put to death in the future, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday.

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