lethal-injection
Report: Arizona Department of Corrections Busted for Illegally Importing Lethal Injection Drugs
Chris Thompson · 10/22/15 10:36PMStill Unable to Procure Lethal Injection Drugs, Ohio Delays Executions Until 2017
Brendan O'Connor · 10/19/15 07:35PMThe state of Ohio, which last put someone to death in January 2014, has delayed all of its scheduled executions again, until at least 2017, the Associated Press reports. The prisons department announced that it has run out of supplies of lethal injection drugs and hasn’t been able to acquire new chemicals.
Supreme Court: Drug Used in Botched Execution Not Cruel and Unusual
Jay Hathaway · 06/29/15 09:52AMThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday approved the continued use of a sedative called midazolam in lethal injections, despite the controversy around a painful botched execution in Oklahoma last year. The petitioners in the case, Glossip v. Gross, are three Oklahoma death row inmates arguing the state’s execution drug cocktail constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Lawmakers in Nebraska — Nebraska! — Vote to End the Death Penalty
Adam Weinstein · 05/20/15 12:30PMHamilton Nolan · 03/16/15 11:45AM
Unable to Score Lethal Injection Drugs, Ohio Postpones All Executions
Hudson Hongo · 01/31/15 11:10AMAfter a botched execution left a condemned man writhing and gasping for air, Ohio announced this month that it would be returning to an earlier, sodium thiopental-based lethal injection formula. Now the state says it's delaying all executions until 2016 as it struggles to secure a supply of the drug.