US delays executions due to shortage of lethal injections

Ohio has delayed the executions of three death row inmates amid continued struggles to find pharmaceutical suppliers for the state's lethal injection method, Report informs referring to CNN.

DeWine's office said in a statement he was "issuing the reprieves due to ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), pursuant to DRC protocol, without endangering other Ohioans."

The state's last execution was in 2018.

Pharmaceutical companies told the state it would stop selling their drugs to Ohio altogether if they suspected any of their products were being used in executions, DeWine's office said then.

Refusing other drugs was a danger to Ohio residents, DeWine said.

Friday's action postponed the executions of three killers from August, September and October of this year to separate dates in 2026.