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Psst! Hey Man, Need Some Execution Drugs?

Loaded on March 15, 2014 published in Prison Legal News March, 2014, page 46
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty. Location: United States of America.
Officials in Delaware and 31 other states that use lethal injection to execute prisoners are scrambling to find new drugs to carry out death sentences, and in some cases are procuring them through secret exchanges and confidential deals – and from questionable sources.

Emails obtained by the Associated Press (AP) …

 

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