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| Arizona to ditch drug cocktail used in 2-hour execution |
| By upi.com- Danielle Haynes |
| Published: 12/23/2014 |
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PHOENIX, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Arizona will no longer be using a two-drug cocktail it used in the execution of Joseph Wood, who died after two hours and 15 doses of the drug. A review of state's lethal injection protocol found Wood's execution was "handled appropriately," yet determined a two-drug combination of midazolam and hydromorphone would no longer be used. The state began using the combination drug after the European Union voted in 2011 to prohibit the sale of pentobarbital, which was previously used in lethal injections in the United States. Read More. |
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