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| State test of lethal injection drug did not provide answer |
| By ajc.com- Rhonda Cook |
| Published: 06/08/2015 |
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Prison officials said a test of a specially-made batch of lethal injection drugs did not create clumps like those in the compounded pentobarbitol that caused the state to call of the scheduled execution of Kelly Gissendaner in March. In a filing with U.S. District Court where Gissendaner has filed a lawsuit, lawyers for the state insisted that while the test did not produce the results they expected, they remain certain storing the lethal injection drug in cold temperatures had caused “precipitation” and consequently clumps in vials that had been readied to put her to death more than four months ago. “However, storing pentobarbital at temperatures that are too cold does not always cause precipitation,” the Department of Corrections wrote in the document filed Friday. Read More. |
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