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Federal district judge blocks planned Arizona execution because of drug mystery

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new piece from the Arizona Republic, a "federal judge today blocked Tuesday's planned execution of convicted killer Jeffrey Landrigan until Landrigan's attorneys and the court have the chance to evaluate the drugs that Arizona has obtained to carry out the execution by lethal injection."  Here are more the the particulars: In a harshly worded ruling that refers to the state as "obstructive," U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn O. Silver issued a temporary restraining order stopping the execution until further notice.  Silver also ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections and the Arizona Attorney General's Office to immediately turn over information that she requested Saturday night about the drugs. Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard told The Arizona Republic that he will appeal the restraining order to the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).