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| Diminishing supply of execution drugs puts Virginia in legal limbo |
| By roanoke.com- Jim Nolan |
| Published: 03/04/2015 |
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RICHMOND — The demise in the General Assembly of a bill that would have kept secret the suppliers of death penalty drugs and other details of the lethal injection cocktail could lead to a halting of executions in Virginia. The state’s supply of the drugs it uses in executions is set to expire in September. But none of the eight people on death row in Virginia are scheduled to die between now and then. Not having approved up-to-date lethal injection drugs would “raise a lot of legal issues as it relates to the carrying out of executions here in Virginia,” Gov. Terry McAuliffe told reporters Tuesday during a briefing called to highlight his administration’s accomplishments during the General Assembly session. “I’m not sure where that puts the status here in the commonwealth,” the governor added. “It does raise serious legal issues.” Read More. |
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