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Bid to Ban UK Export of Execution Drug Goes to Court

By Steve Hall

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Today's Independent reports, "Bid to ban export of 'execution' drug," written by John Aston. An attempt will be made at the High Court today to prevent a British company exporting a drug which could be used in the execution of US prisoners. Solicitors representing two clients on Death Row and human rights group Reprieve are challenging Business Secretary Vince Cable's refusal to ban the overseas sale of sodium thiopental. The strong painkiller is given as the first of a cocktail of three drugs used in US state lethal injections. London-based solicitors firm Leigh Day & Co, acting for prisoners Edmund Zagorski and Ralph Baze, argue that Mr Cable's refusal was wrong in law.

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).

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