Drug companies are directly playing a role on how many death sentences are being carried out in state's which use lethal injection as their means to put to death condemned inmates.
Ohio recently delayed the executions of three inmates set to die in the next four months.
The state says it is having difficulty obtaining the drugs from pharmaceutical companies to carry out the death sentences.
Drug companies have opposed the use of their drugs to put inmates to death.
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