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Louisiana Judge Refuses to OK State's Lethal Injection Procedure

By Steve Hall

The Baton Rouge Advocate reports, "Judge won?t OK lethal injections."  It's written by Joe Gyan Jr. A judge in Baton Rouge ruled Tuesday it would be premature to validate Louisiana?s lethal injection procedure for future executions because the lone U.S. manufacturer of a key drug used by the state has ended its production. And: State District Judge Mike Caldwell cited that development in denying a state Department of Public Safety and Corrections request that he validate Louisiana?s lethal injection procedure for future executions. Department of Public Safety and Corrections attorney Wade Shows, who argued in court Tuesday that there is no evidence sodium thiopental will ?never ever become available,? said afterward the state 1st Circuit Court of Appeal may be asked to look at the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).