Christopher Sepulvedo to die in LA by drug protocol used in Ohio BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Louisiana corrections officials say they are adopting the two-drug protocol used recently in Ohio to execute an inmate scheduled to die next week. In an email Monday to the (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, the Corrections Department confirmed it would be using two drugs for Christopher Sepulvado. Sepulvado, convicted of the murder of his 6-year-old stepson, is to be executed Feb. 5. Dennis McGuire was executed two weeks ago in Ohio using midazolam and hydromorphone. He took minutes to die and appeared to be in pain during some of that time. McGuire's family has sued the state of Ohio, saying the execution was "cruel and unusual punishment." DOC is notifying Mr. Sepulvado's attorneys and the Court tonight that DOC has changed the execution protocol. The change consists of adding a two-drug protocol in addition to the current one-drug protocol," Pam Laborde, a spokeswoman for the department, said. DOC is committed to ensuring the jury's verdict is carried out in accordance with law. Gary Clements, Sepulvedo's lawyer, accused the state of a "last-minute bait and switch." He also said state regulations require execution drugs to be acquired at least 30 days in advance. Death-penalty states have turned to compounding pharmacies for drugs to be used for lethal injection. Companies that manufacture the drugs used in the past have become unwilling to supply them for execution, the newspaper said.