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Midazolam Case Study
Ohio has started a case questioning its use of midazolam for the first step of lethal injections without the reversal agent. Midazolam is the first drug to be administer IV to a patient to relax a patient. Ohio has stopped the execution process due to an inmate named Dennis McGuire was executed using the three-step process however, it took 26 min for McGuire to die and during that time he gasped and snorted. Raising the question if the reversal should be on hand when and if problems arise. This process is currently being used in several other states such as Florida, Oklahoma, and Virginia.
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