Ohio governor postpones 3 executions amid struggle to find lethal drug suppliers

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine postponed three scheduled executions amid the struggle to find lethal drug suppliers, the office announced on Friday.

In a statement, DeWine said he delayed the executions, "due to ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction."

Nationwide, other states have delayed executions or implemented moratoriums over the inability to secure drugs or implement another execution method. More than 60 global healthcare companies have taken action to prevent their drugs from being used in lethal injection executions, said U.K.-based nonprofit Lethal Injection Information Center in a statement on its website.