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Sodium Thiopental Shortage - Continued Coverage

By Steve Hall

Today's Oklahoma reports, "Shortage of death penalty drug in Oklahoma delays executions," by Michael Baker.A nationwide shortage of a sedative used in Oklahoma's lethal injection cocktails has delayed executions, spurred legal battles and prompted state prison officials to try to find substitute drugs.The problems will continue into next year, as the manufacturer of the sedative, sodium thiopental, won't have more of the anesthetic on the market until then.In Oklahoma, the sedative's shortage could affect as many as four executions. One execution already has been stayed and another is scheduled but with a substitute drug. Further, the state attorney general's office is likely to request before 2011 that two more executions be set...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 13, 2010 (boomark / email).