Ohio executes man after delays over lethal injection drugs

Ronald Phillips was pronounced dead at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville at 10:43 a.m. EDT (1443 GMT), the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said in a statement. The execution and had been delayed multiple times as a court fight plays out over the state's use of a drug mixture for lethal injections. The U.S. Supreme Court had denied appeals from Phillips late on Tuesday.