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| Attorney: DOC does not have execution drug |
| By shreveporttimes.com- Vickie Welborn |
| Published: 01/27/2014 |
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The Louisiana Department of Corrections does not have the drug needed to execute child killer Christopher Sepulvado on Feb. 5. But it is trying to obtain some, defense attorney Gary Clements said today The problem with that is it violates the protocol that states the drug, pentobarbital, is supposed to be in DOC’s possession 30 days before a scheduled education. “So they failed on that,” Clements said. Will this mean another appeal on Sepulvado’s behalf? Clements doesn’t know. Late today, he was still reading through documents provided by the law firm of Shows, Cali & Walsh LLP, which is representing the corrections department, in response to a deadline imposed by a federal magistrate judge. The judge ruled Sepulvado and another death row inmate, Jessie Hoffman, should have the information they sought on the execution protocol. Read More. |
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