[Peace-discuss] LAT: Maker of anesthetic used in executions is discontinuing drug

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Seems that the last of their thiopental is "expired".


On 1/24/2011 9:15 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> Particularly encouraging here is how opposition to the death penalty
> in Europe is obstructing efforts to maintain it in the U.S. Note also
> that the company in question is headquartered in Illinois.
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> Maker of anesthetic used in executions is discontinuing drug
> Death penalty states could face long-term complications after the move
> by the only U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental. California may
> have to revise laws governing its three-injection protocol.
> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-execution-drug-20110122,0,5035954.story
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