Ohio Code § 2949.22
Ohio Code § 2949.22. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2949.22.
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, a death sentence shall be executed
by causing the application to the person, upon whom the sentence was imposed, of a
lethal injection of a drug or combination of drugs of sufficient dosage to quickly
and painlessly cause death. The application of the drug or combination of drugs shall be continued until the
person is dead. The warden of the correctional institution in which the sentence is to be executed
or another person selected by the director of rehabilitation and correction shall
ensure that the death sentence is executed. (B) A death sentence shall be executed within the walls of the state correctional institution
designated by the director of rehabilitation and correction as the location for executions,
within an enclosure to be prepared for that purpose, under the direction of the warden
of the institution or, in the warden's absence, a deputy warden, and on the day designated
by the judge passing sentence or otherwise designated by a court in the course of
any appellate or postconviction proceedings. The enclosure shall exclude public view. (C) If a person is sentenced to death, and if the execution of a death sentence by lethal
injection has been determined to be unconstitutional, the death sentence shall be
executed by using any different manner of execution prescribed by law subsequent to
the effective date of this amendment instead of by causing the application to the
person of a lethal injection of a drug or combination of drugs of sufficient dosage
to quickly and painlessly cause death, provided that the subsequently prescribed different
manner of execution has not been determined to be unconstitutional. The use of the subsequently prescribed different manner of execution shall be continued
until the person is dead. The warden of the state correctional institution in which the sentence is to be
executed or another person selected by the director of rehabilitation and correction
shall ensure that the sentence of death is executed. (D) No change in the law made by the amendment to this section that took effect on October
1, 1993, or by this amendment constitutes a declaration by or belief of the general
assembly that execution of a death sentence by electrocution is a cruel and unusual
punishment proscribed by the Ohio Constitution or the United States Constitution.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2949.22
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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