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| South Carolina has run out of lethal injection drug |
| By wsoctv.com |
| Published: 03/10/2015 |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is among the latest states to run out of pentobarbital, the anesthetic that comes first in the state's three-drug method for executions by lethal injection. Similar problems elsewhere have forced states to consider alternatives, including the electric chair and nitrogen gas. And while there are no immediate signs of changing the way South Carolina executes people, there's also no indication officials are on the cusp of acquiring any more of the drug, either. WHAT HAPPENED? Corrections Director Bryan Stirling recently told The Associated Press the state's supply of pentobarbital expired in September 2013 and was discarded, as its effectiveness had worn off. The state still has the other two drugs it uses in its lethal injection — pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. Read More. |
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