Magistrate Judge Michael Merz issued a court ruling delaying the implementation of Ohio's new lethal injection process. The state's three drug method has been questioned by opponents for the use of midazolam, which causes too much pain to an inmate.
Texas prison officials are reviewing the action of US Food and Drug Administration on blocking the state's efforts in acquiring and importing of drug used in executions.
Lawmakers in Virginia have voted to bring back executions through the use of an electric chair, providing that drugs for lethal injection are unavailable.
Republican-controlled Senate may approve the legislation into law, bringing back the electric chair as Virginia's default method of execution, due to the difficulty of obtaining the drugs used in lethal injections.
