US: Ohio suspends executions in 2015

All 7 executions scheduled for 2015 were moved to 2016 in Ohio, in response to pending orders on ongoing federal court litigation over the state execution protocol.

This is to allow the department time to adopt and implement the state's new execution protocol, and provide DRC adequate time to secure a supply of the new execution lethal drug.This means there is not going to be execution in the State of Ohio for the first time since 1999.

Ohio has not conducted any executions after the complication of the Dennis McGuire,s execution  on January 16 ,2014.