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Lawsuit: Lethal injection against the law
By Associated Press
Published: 01/24/2007

LOUISVILLE, KY - Three Kentucky Death Row inmates claim in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that lethal injection violates federal laws because a doctor doesn't obtain or administer the drugs.

The inmates claim the federal Controlled Substances Act and the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act require a doctor to buy and prescribe sodium thiopental, one of the three drugs used in an execution. Read more.

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Comments:

  1. StephanieCasey on 03/07/2019:

    This Lethal injection against the law has been very much surprising honestly, I didn't expect it to be like that. I'm in need of some more info and hopefully, I will find that pretty soon enough. Thanks for helping me out with all of this.


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