The Good Wife takes on execution drug shortage
I missed this when it aired, but the Good Wife, after reading an AP story about California’s quest for sodium thiopental, decided to incorporate the theme into a show about a man trying to get his execution called off while the state scrambles to find lethal injection drugs.
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Judge: Imported execution drugs illegal
The Federal District Court in Washington D.C. today ruled that execution drugs obtained by U.S. prisons from foreign suppliers are illegal and will have to be returned to the Food and Drug Administration. A number of states purchased sodium thiopental–an … Read More
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Judge: Imported execution drugs illegal
The Federal District Court in Washington D.C. today ruled that execution drugs obtained by U.S. prisons from foreign suppliers are illegal and will have to be returned to the Food and Drug Administration. A number of states purchased sodium thiopental–an … Read More
- Lethal injection drugs harder and harder to find
- The high cost of capital punishment in California