The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 20, 2015 Ohio Halts Executions for 2 Years amid Drug Shortage ----------------------------------------------------- Ohio is delaying all executions until at least 2017 as it struggles to renew its supply of lethal injection drugs. Ohio has been unable to replenish supplies after European pharmaceutical firms began blocking the use of their drugs in U.S. executions. .