USA - Ohio. Governor John Kasich has delayed nine scheduled executions

Governor John Kasich has delayed nine scheduled executions as the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit considers the state's appeal of a district court injunction against the state's execution protocol. Gov. Kasich on Monday postponed of more than 2 months 9 executions as a court fight continues over the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection process, including a contested sedative, Midazolam, used in problematic executions in at least three states. Ronald Phillips, scheduled to die May 10 for raping and killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in 1993, is now set for execution July 26. Kasich issued a similar delay in February to give a 3-judge panel of the appeals court time to hear similar arguments. That panel sided with the lower-court judge. In a rare move, the full court said it would hear the case and set arguments for June 14.