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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Texas completes another lethal injection using pentobarbital
Main June 2, 2011Texas completes another lethal injection using pentobarbitalAs detailed in this Reuters article,"Texas on Wednesday executed a man who shot and killed a security guard during a 1988…
Death Penalty
DOJ Halts Arizona’s Execution of Donald Beaty On Unsafe Drug Argument, So Arizona Goes Forward with Pentobarbital. That’s Apparently Fine.
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Now, not only is the U.S. Department of Justice going state-by-state and scooping up any remaining supplies of sodium thiopental (see our earlier post for details), it has informed the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Justice Department Pursues ‘Strange’ Probe of Execution Drug”
Main May 8, 2011"Justice Department Pursues 'Strange' Probe of Execution Drug"The title of this post is the headline of this new FoxNews piece, which gets started this way:The Obama administration…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Texas becomes third state to use new drug in lethal injection execution
Main May 3, 2011Texas becomes third state to use new drug in lethal injection executionAs detailed in this new Reuters piece, "Texas on Tuesday carried out its first execution using…
Death Penalty
Lethal Injection Cocktails: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Back in 2009, there was a three part series of posts here on the Death Penalty Blog, discussing the lethal injection cocktail as it was commonly used at the time: …
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio completes another uneventful single-drug execution
Main April 12, 2011Ohio completes another uneventful single-drug execution Ohio took over the state lead for executions in 2011 by completing another lethal injection this morning. This local article, headlined…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another foreign source of key lethal injection drug to stop sales to US
Main April 7, 2011Another foreign source of key lethal injection drug to stop sales to USAs detailed in this AP article, which is headlined "Pharmaceutical company in India stops sale…
Death Penalty
Growing Fight in Texas Against Pentobarbital in Executions: Cleve Foster Stay, ACLU Report
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
As usual, Texas is in the spotlight regarding capital punishment, as a big victory was had at the United States Supreme Court this week in stopping the execution of Cleve…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS stays executions in Arizona and Texas apparently based on lethal injection drug concerns
Main April 5, 2011SCOTUS stays executions in Arizona and Texas apparently based on lethal injection drug concernsAs detailed in this new CNN piece, the litigation over the use of new…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Execution drug issues continue to generate litigation and headlines
Main April 2, 2011Execution drug issues continue to generate litigation and headlines As detailed by the headlines and stories linked below, there continue to be daily developments in many states…