After many complaints form human rights organizations, Ohio is deciding to switch to a a single drug lethal injection. The current version is a cocktail of three different drugs.

The first drug knocks the person out, the next one causes paralyzation, the third causes death.

This method was supposed to be humane.

But critics, especially death penalty opponents, argue that the procedure too often causes excruciating pain in the inmate’s final moments, since they are paralyzed and unable to let people know they are still conscious. Under this condition they suffer terribly when the third injection is given.

So now Ohio will attempt a new, untested method with only a single dose given.