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| Indiana to use new lethal injection drug combination |
| By elkharttruth.com |
| Published: 05/19/2014 |
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Indiana will use a new drug as part of its lethal injection protocol whenever it carries out its next execution, a prison spokesman says. A nationwide shortage of thiopental sodium has forced states that conduct lethal injection executions to search for alternatives, and Indiana has settled on a barbiturate anesthetic in the same class called Brevital, Indiana Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison told the Post-Tribune. Oklahoma’s botched execution of convicted murderer Clayton Lockett on April 29 touched off a national debate over the death penalty. Because of opposition to the death penalty by suppliers of thiopental sodium, Oklahoma experimented with a sedative called midazolam as part of its three-drug protocol when it executed Lockett. Lockett died of an apparent heart attack 43 minutes after the start of his execution. Read More. |
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