The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a preliminary injunction issued in January by federal Magistrate Judge Michael Merz of Dayton should stand for the time being. The appeals court panel affirmed Merz's finding that there is a "substantial risk of serious harm" in using midazolam, a…

Due to the current legal challenges facing Ohio's lethal injection protocol, Governor Kasich has rescheduled all 2017 executions. The next execution is now scheduled to take place on May 10, 2017.

A federal magistrate today blocked Ohio’s plans to resume carrying out executions next month, finding that the state’s latest three-drug lethal injection process is likely unconstitutional.

Ohio's death penalty has been notoriously riddled with problems for years, including four botched executions in less than a decade, a growing mountain of evidence illustrating vast racial and geographic disparities, and seven exonerations since 2003.