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Bredesen: 1-drug injection is no quick fix, would delay executions

Bredesen: 1-drug injection is no quick fix, would delay executions Years of litigation would be result, governor estimates By GREG GIUFFRIDA ? Associated Press ? January 21, 2008 function NewWindow(height,width,url) {window.open(url,"ShowProdWindow","menubars=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,height="+height+",width="+width); } Gov. Phil Bredesen said proposals to introduce a one-drug lethal injection method to navigate around the hazy legal future of Tennessee's three-drug procedure would delay rather than expedite executions.Bredesen told The Associated Press in a recent interview that he "would disagree violently" with those who argue that the state could immediately use a single heavy dose of barbiturates for executions. "Just remember that among the strongest proponents of the one-drug protocol are people who are adamantly opposed to the death penalty," said Bredesen, a Democrat who supports the death penalty and has signed the papers to execute three prisoners during his administration...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).