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| Indiana defends its experimental cocktail for lethal injections |
| By msnbc.com- Kathleen Osborn |
| Published: 05/29/2014 |
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Indiana has not executed any of its death-row prisoners since 2009. But the next time they do, they are planning to use a cocktail for lethal injection that has never been tried before, including an anesthetic that hasn’t been used in executions anywhere. Last week, Indiana’s Department of Corrections told the Post-Tribune they have a “sufficient supply” of that anesthetic, Brevital. Indiana officials intend to use Brevital as a substitute for sodium thiopental. That used to be the standard drug for killing prisoners, but the makers of first sodium thiopental and then two alternative drugs stopped selling them for use in executions. Read More. |
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