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| Free market deals blow to death penalty |
| By sun-sentinel.com |
| Published: 05/19/2016 |
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Florida faces a defining moment on the death penalty, though not because lawmakers finally listened to experts who roundly agree it's better, smarter and cheaper to sentence bad people to life in prison, and then throw away the key. No, Florida faces a pivotal moment because free enterprise has put its foot down. No longer do major pharmaceutical companies want to sell drugs to states that execute people. For moral or business reasons, more than 20 American and European drug companies have stopped selling drugs to corrections departments. Last week, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer became the latest to impose sweeping controls that prevent its drugs from being used in capital punishment. Pfizer's decision "means all FDA-approved manufacturers of any potential execution drug have now blocked their sale for this purpose," Maya Foa, a human rights activist, told The New York Times. Read More. |
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