{"id":198306,"date":"2025-10-13T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=198306"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:19:03","slug":"yost-endorses-new-method-for-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/10\/13\/yost-endorses-new-method-for-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"Yost endorses new method for executions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost believes it\u2019s time to switch to a different form of execution in the Buckeye State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yost recently addressed members of the House Judiciary Committee and said Ohio\u2019s capital punishment system is long-broken and costly, and added it reflects \u201ca dishonorable abdication of responsibility\u201d that could be resolved with legislative approval of nitrogen hypoxia for executions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dave Yost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cAn additional method of execution is necessary,\u201d Yost said, testifying in support of House Bill 36<\/a>, which would permit the use of nitrogen hypoxia for executions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, lethal injection is the only form of execution authorized under Ohio law, but Yost claimed in his testimony, \u201cprivate drug companies are defying Ohio\u2019s laws and vetoing public policy by refusing to provide execution drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yost reminded committee members that the families of victims as well as Ohioans who served as jurors and made the difficult decision to sentence a defendant to death are counting on Ohio leaders to carry out the state\u2019s capital-punishment laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine states currently allow lethal gas as a means of execution. Five of those \u2013 Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma \u2013 specify nitrogen hypoxia, which is inert gas asphyxiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital punishment in Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yost\u2019s office issues an annual report on Ohio\u2019s capital-punishment system. The 2024 edition<\/a> notes that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n