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Georgia Says “Cloudy” Execution Drug Was Just Too Cold, But Expert Gave A Second Possible Cause
By buzzfeed.com- Chris McDaniel
Published: 05/12/2015

Earlier this year, Georgia stopped an execution at the last minute — there were particles floating in the syringe that officials planned to use.

The state’s outside expert who inspected the drug found two possible causes for the problem. When state officials announced the experts’ findings, however, they only reported the cause the expert found to be “most likely” — not mentioning the other possible cause cited by the expert.

“The most likely cause of this precipitation was that the drugs were shipped and stored at a temperature which was too low,” Corrections spokesperson Gwendolyn Hogan said in announcing the state’s findings. This gave the state an easy fix: don’t store the drug at as cold a temperature in the future.

But Hogan left out the expert’s other listed possible cause: an error in how the pharmacy mixed the drug.

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