Judge wants clarity on Ohio’s lethal injection drug supply

A federal judge weighing whether Ohio’s new execution method is constitutional ordered the state Tuesday to clear up whether its supply of three lethal injection drugs is enough to carry out far more executions than it claimed three months ago. The directive from Magistrate Judge Michael Merz comes a day after The Associated Press reported inventory logs show Ohio has enough supplies of lethal injection drugs for dozens of executions — more than the three it told Merz about last year.