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| California considers making its own lethal drugs for the death penalty |
| By scpr.org |
| Published: 05/17/2016 |
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Under new rules proposed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, prison officials would be allowed to manufacture barbituates to carry out the death penalty at its own compounding pharmacies, immunizing prison officials from the growing problem of pharmaceutical companies refusing to sell lethal drugs for the purpose of killing the condemned. Last week, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced it would no longer allow states to buy its drugs to put people to death. Pfizer’s decision won’t affect California because it does not manufacture the four drugs prison officials propose to use in the new regime now under consideration. The plan would allow prison authorities to use one of four barbiturates for lethal injection: amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital and thiopental. Amid court challenges to lethal injection and a shortage of drugs, the state hasn’t executed anyone in more than a decade. Read More. |
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