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States Sharing Execution Drug
By gawker.com
Published: 12/09/2010

A nationwide shortage of key execution drug sodium thiopental has put several death row cases on hold this year. Documents show that California prison officials obtained some from Arizona, making them very happy: "You guys in AZ are life savers."

The American Civil Liberties Union obtained and released the documents, which was reported by the AP yesterday. The emails show that California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials scrambled to secure some sodium thiopental to execute convicted murderer Albert Greenwood Brown, becoming so desperate that they called a supplier in Pakistan to see if they had any.

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