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A look at how some states handle execution drug shortage
By orovillemr.com
Published: 03/12/2015

Utah, the only state in the past 40 years to carry out a death sentence by firing squad, is poised to bring back the executions if the state cannot find a supply of the drugs used in lethal injections. Here's a look at how some other states are dealing with the nationwide shortage:

OKLAHOMA

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to review Oklahoma's use of the sedative midazolam in executions, and state legislators are considering the use of nitrogen gas to kill death-row prisoners. The sponsor of the nitrogen bill says the gas would gradually deprive inmates of oxygen, resulting in a painless death.

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