Sodium Thiopental Shortage Delays Executions in Several States

Anesthetic drug shortage sidelines lethal injections By Jessie Halladay • jhalladay@courier-journal.com • August 27, 2010 A nationwide shortage of several anesthesia drugs has left Kentucky and several other states scrambling to find enough doses to carry out lethal injections — potentially delaying executions well into next year. Kentucky announced this week that it would not [...]





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