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| Origin Of Death Penalty Drug Under Question |
| By bellinghamherald.com |
| Published: 12/02/2010 |
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LOS ANGELES A San Francisco judge has given state corrections officials until Tuesday to explain how the department obtained fresh stocks of sodium thiopental, the key drug used in lethal-injection executions that is no longer available from the sole U.S. manufacturer. The state reported in October that it had acquired 12 grams of the drug - enough for four executions. On Nov. 22, the office of California Attorney General Jerry Brown reported that the state had ordered an additional 521 grams and expected delivery this week. That would be enough to put to death more than 170 other inmates on California's teeming death row. The origin of the drug has infused the capital punishment debate with new controversy and legal challenges, as death penalty states across the county face lawsuits by condemned inmates claiming the sodium thiopental supplies apparently acquired overseas aren't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and could inflict unconstitutional pain and suffering. Read More. |
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