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Ohio Set for Nation's First Execution Using Single Drug

LUCASVILLE, Ohio - A man convicted of killing a storeowner was to be put to death Thursday with the country's first use of the surgical sedative pentobarbital as a stand-alone execution drug. The execution of death row inmate Johnnie Baston also would mark a move to make the process more public and give inmates speedier...

End of Lethal Injection Drug in US Leaves Death Penalty in Flux

Now that the one U.S. company that made a main ingredient used in lethal injections has decided to end production, where does that leave the executions planned in death chambers across the country? Likely facing delays, as expected challenges play out in court and many states scramble to find an alternative. "I guarantee...

Arizona Uses Foreign-Made Drug to Execute Killer

(Oct. 27) -- A convicted killer was put to death by injection in Arizona after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a restraining order that questioned the safety of a foreign-made drug used in the execution. The first of three drugs administered to Jeffrey Landrigan during the execution was sodium thiopental, a sedative that's...

California Forced to Delay Executions Again

(Sept. 28) -- A man convicted of raping and murdering a girl on her way to school is being given a series of last-minute reprieves -- one because the judge allowed him to pick his own dosage of lethal injection -- from becoming the first person executed in California in almost five years. Albert Greenwood Brown, 56, was...

Is It Stoning That's Barbaric, or the Death Penalty Itself?

(July 9) -- Iran is now denying that a woman sentenced to death for adultery will be executed by stoning. Human rights activists had been quick to rally to the cause of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was convicted in 2006 of adultery and, according to reports Iran is now contesting, due to join a grim roster. "At least...

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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.

Background on lethal injection

Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject.

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