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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
States asking feds for help in acquiring execution drugs
Main February 10, 2011States asking feds for help in acquiring execution drugsAs detailed in this CNN piece, which is headlined "13 states ask for federal help on execution drug shortage,"…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ninth Circuit rejects challenge to Arizona’s lethal injection protocol
Main February 9, 2011Ninth Circuit rejects challenge to Arizona's lethal injection protocolThe Ninth Circuit today provides some proof that death row defendants do not always win in that court. In…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Will California ever get to use its fancy new death chamber?
Main February 9, 2011Will California ever get to use its fancy new death chamber? The question in the title of this post is inspired by this new article in the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio now has executions scheduled one-per-month through October 2011
Main February 8, 2011Ohio now has executions scheduled one-per-month through October 2011The problems other states have been facing with legal and practical challenges to lethal injections do not seem to…
Death Penalty
FDA Sued By Death Row Inmates: Goal to Stop Import of Sodium Thiopental – Consider The Ramifications Here, They’re Not All Good
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became the defendant in a civil suit filed this week by six Death Row inmates who face execution in Arizona (3 plaintiffs), California (2…
Sentencing Law and Policy
AP finds most states running out of drugs for lethal injection executions
Main January 29, 2011AP finds most states running out of drugs for lethal injection executionsAs detailed in this AP article, headlined "Most capital punishment states have run out of key…
Death Penalty
Lethal Injection Drug Sources: Is Texas Source Besse Medical Replacing Hospira or Not?
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
On Tuesday, we learned the Associated Press had used the power of the press last week to discover that Besse Medical had been the supplier of sodium thiopental to Texas for use in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of notable new headlines on lethal injection practice and politics
Main January 27, 2011Lots of notable new headlines on lethal injection practice and politicsThe morning's papers are brimming with interesting stories about lethal injection practices: From ABC News here, "Jared…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio swiftly announces change to drug to be used in its lethal injections
Main January 25, 2011Ohio swiftly announces change to drug to be used in its lethal injectionsAs detailed in this AP story, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction today announced…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Two 2011 must-reads for sentencing fans from theDuke Law Journal
Main January 6, 2011Two 2011 must-reads for sentencing fans from the Duke Law JournalA little law review surfing proved fruitful this afternoon when I discovered that the January 2011 issue…