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Florida's Execution Procedure In Question
By wgcu.org- Wilson Sayre
Published: 06/25/2015

Over the last several years, European drug manufacturers have tried to limit the use of their products in lethal injection executions. As a result, death penalty states were left scrambling to find replacements.

In 2013, Florida began using a new drug called midazolam that is now the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case: Glossip v. Gross. The state, which has one of the most active active death chambers, has halted all executions for the past six months awaiting a decision on the case.

The first time midazolam was ever used in a lethal injection procedure was in Florida, for the execution of William Happ in October, 2013. And some argue the problems were evident even in that case.

There are three drugs used in Florida’s lethal injection process, used in order.

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