Dave Yost discusses capital punishment in Ohio
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is putting his weight behind a legislative effort that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state.
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is putting his weight behind a legislative effort that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state.
State officials in Alabama said the nitrogen gas execution was humane and effective, while critics called it cruel and experimental.
It would require that the nitrogen hypoxia pioneered in Alabama last week be used in cases where lethal injection drugs are not available.
Attorney General Dave Yost and a pair of GOP state lawmakers are expected to 'kick-start' Ohio's 'stalled' capital punishment system.
It would require that the nitrogen hypoxia pioneered in Alabama last week be used in cases where lethal injection drugs are not available.