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| GA In Trouble Over Execution Drug Source |
| By clatl.com |
| Published: 03/01/2011 |
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It was bad enough — or, at least, really confusing — when we discovered that Georgia got its supply of the lethal injection drug thiopental from a creepy, unlicensed company that operates out of the back of a driving school. Now, a Washington, D.C. law firm is claiming that in doing so, the Georgia Department of Corrections violated several federal laws that dictate how drugs are procured. Attorneys with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (sounds made-up, I know), the firm representing Georgia death row inmate Andrew Grant DeYoung, have issued a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder claiming that the GDOC "resorted to unlawful means" to get its hands on thiopental, the first drug in a three-drug cocktail used in state-sancitoned executions. Allegedly, the GDOC failed to register with the DEA as an importer of thiopental and also failed to declare the shipment of drugs when it came in last year — both would constitute violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, according to the complainant firm. Read More. |
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