COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently told members of the House Judiciary Committee that the state’s long-broken and costly capital-punishment system reflects “a dishonorable abdication of responsibility” that could – and should – be resolved with legislative approval of nitrogen hypoxia for executions in Ohio.
“An additional method of execution is necessary,” Yost said, testifying in support of House Bill 36, which would permit the use of nitrogen hypoxia for executions.
Currently, lethal injection is the only form of execution authorized under Ohio law, but, as Yost noted in his testimony, “private drug companies are defying Ohio’s laws and vetoing public policy by refusing to provide execution drugs.”…