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Ohio Executes Inmate With Untested Drug

(Dec. 8) -- An Ohio inmate, convicted of killing and dismembering a 22-year-old woman in 1991, was executed Tuesday using a new, untested one-drug method of lethal injection, state officials said. Kenneth Biros, 51, was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. at a prison in Lucasville, Ohio, the state attorney general's office said...

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WHERE ARE WE GETTING OUR DRUGS?

California prison officials are trying to keep possession of a scarce lethal injection drug, contesting a federal court order making it illegal to use "foreign manufactured" sodium thiopental.

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Company recalls Nebraska lethal injection drug

LINCOLN, Neb. -A Swiss pharmaceutical company has issued a voluntary recall of a lethal injection drug held by Nebraska, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it won't enforce the decision.

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Jerry Brown On Lethal Injections: Governor Urges Officials To Make Changes

In the state's latest effort to restart long-stalled executions in California, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday ordered prison officials to explore using a single drug for lethal injections instead of three.

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Nebraska Refuses Order To Surrender Execution Drug

Nebraska will not surrender its supply of a controversial execution drug to the Food and Drug Administration because it believes the court order requiring it to do so is flawed, the state Attorney General's office indicated in a letter to the federal agency Friday.

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Lethal Injection As the Death Penalty's Last Stand

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the death penalty in America?

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06/01/12 Ky. to change execution method from 3 drugs Source: Sify At least seven states use a single drug to carry out executions.
05/30/12 WHERE ARE WE GETTING OUR DRUGS? Source: The Huffington Post - Local California prison officials are trying to keep possession of a scarce lethal injection drug, contesting a federal court order making it illegal to use "foreign manufactured" sodium thiopental.
05/29/12 Drug shortage delays Vietnam executio ... Source: The Sunday Independent Hundreds of death-row prisoners in Vietnam have been given a reprieve of sorts due to a shortage of the drug used for lethal injections, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
05/29/12 Lethal Chemicals Stolen, Owners Offer Reward Source: ABC - KRCR 7 - Redding CA A Happy Valley business owner is asking for help.
05/25/12 Calif. defies order to turn over lethal injection drug Source: ABC - KXTV 10 - Sacramento CA California prison officials have joined other states in defying a federal government order to turn over a key drug needed to execute condemned inmates.