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Full US Federal Court to Hear Appeal in Ohio Lethal Injection Case

© AP Photo / Sue OgrockiOklahoma has approved the use of nitrogen gas asphyxiation for the administration of the death penalty in case the US Supreme Court finds lethal injections - plagued by recent botched executions - to be unconstitutional.
Oklahoma has approved the use of nitrogen gas asphyxiation for the administration of the death penalty in case the US Supreme Court finds lethal injections - plagued by recent botched executions - to be unconstitutional. - Sputnik International
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A US federal appeals court is set to reconsider a ruling preventing the state of Ohio from using its lethal injection drug protocol to execute three inmate on death row.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said in an order on Tuesday that the full court will reconsider a case about the US state of Ohio's lethal injection drug protocol for three men on death row.

"It is ordered, that the previous opinion and judgment of this court are vacated, the mandate is stayed and this case is restored to the docket as a pending appeal," the court document stated.

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The court order said oral arguments in the case will start on June 14.

US media reported that the case involves three death row inmates who are arguing that the state's use of the drug midazolam is unconstitutional because the person will still feel pain and that violates the US constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

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