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| Manufacturer asks Oklahoma to return execution drugs |
| By koco.com |
| Published: 05/01/2015 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY —The Illinois-based manufacturer of a drug used in Oklahoma's lethal injection process is asking the state to return any supplies it may have obtained and not to use its products to execute prisoners. In a letter to Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, drug manufacturer Akorn also said it was taking steps to ensure that the sedative midazolam is no longer made available to states for use in executions. The company said the painkiller hydromorphone, which Oklahoma doesn't use, also won't be available. "If your prisons have purchased Akorn products directly or indirectly for use in capital punishment we ask that you immediately return our products for a full refund," Akorn's general counsel, Joseph Bonaccorsi, wrote in the March 4 letter. Read More. |
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