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Ohio Gov Delays Three Executions, Citing Drug Shortage

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium again Thursday as he postponed three more executions that had been scheduled for this year. The governor’s announcement cited the state’s inability to secure the drugs used in lethal injections due to pharmaceutical suppliers’ unwillingness, the Associated Press reports.


President Trump signed an executive order last month directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to help states try to resolve that issue. DeWine has said he does not anticipate any more executions happening during his governorship, which runs through 2026. The newly postponed executions are in the cases of Percy Hutton, from June 18, 2025, to June 21, 2028; Samuel Moreland, from July 30, 2025, to July 19, 2028; and Douglas Coley, from Sept. 24, 2025, to Aug. 15, 2028.

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