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| Old Execution Drug Causes Lawsuit |
| By chron.com |
| Published: 02/14/2011 |
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ATLANTA — A death row inmate's federal lawsuit claims Georgia's stockpile of a key lethal injection drug has expired, and he's asking a judge to halt an execution he says may cause him to die in excruciating pain. The lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of Roy Willard Blankenship raises new questions about Georgia's supply of sodium thiopental, a sedative that has been in short supply even before the drug's sole U.S. manufacturer decided last month to stop producing it. "No matter where Georgia obtained its supply of the drug, the drug is almost certainly expired and no longer effective," said the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court by the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights. The shortage has delayed executions in several states, and an Associated Press review found that at least five states — Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia and Tennessee — had to turn to England for their supply of the drug. Nebraska, meanwhile, secured a stockpile from an Indian firm. Read More. |
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