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Lawyers: Uncertainty over Ga. execution drug requires review
By independentmail.com- Kathleen Foody
Published: 06/12/2015

ATLANTA - Attorneys for a Georgia woman on death row say apparent uncertainty about what caused cloudiness in a lethal injection drug strengthens their argument that she not be put to death until a judge determines her rights won't be violated.

In a court filing late Thursday, attorneys for Kelly Renee Gissendaner asked a judge to order the state to disclose information for a "meaningful inquiry" into the storage and delivery of the compounded pentobarbital and the pharmacists' procedures.

They also asked the judge to deny a motion from the state to dismiss a complaint by Gissendaner that her civil rights were being violated.

State officials on March 2 called off Gissendaner's execution, saying the drug they intended to use appeared "cloudy."

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