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APNewsBreak: Ohio obtained repeat supplies of lethal drugs

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    FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Dennis McGuire, executed in January 2014 for the 1989 rape and stabbing death of a recently married pregnant woman. McGuire repeatedly gasped and snorted during the 26 minutes it took him to die using a two-drug combination. Federal Magistrate Judge Michael Merz in Dayton, Ohio, is hearing evidence in a weeklong trial over Ohio's newest lethal injection method using three drugs. Ronald Phillips, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in Akron, Ohio, is scheduled for execution on Feb. 15, 2017. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Ronald Phillips, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in Akron, Ohio. Federal Magistrate Judge Michael Merz in Dayton, Ohio, is hearing evidence in a weeklong trial over Ohio's newest lethal injection method using three drugs. Phillips is scheduled for execution on Feb. 15, 2017. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Records show Ohio has obtained repeat supplies of the lethal drugs it plans to use on a condemned child killer next month.

The inventory logs obtained by The Associated Press through a records request also show Ohio has enough drugs to carry out multiple executions.

The logs showing supplies obtained in September and October don't identify the source of the drugs, which are protected by an Ohio law shielding such information.

The state plans to execute Ronald Phillips on Feb. 15 for the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in Akron.

The execution would be Ohio's first in three years and the second to use midazolam (mih-DAY'-zoh-lam), a type of sedative that has been used in previously troublesome executions in Ohio and Arizona.