Showing posts with label LA State is late in getting lethal-injection drug; potential supplier kept secret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LA State is late in getting lethal-injection drug; potential supplier kept secret. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

LA State is late in getting lethal-injection drug; potential supplier kept secret

Three weeks before the scheduled execution of convicted child killer Christopher Sepulvado, the state had no lethal injection drugs on hand with which to kill him, but it was in contact with a supplier, a lawyer for the prison system said in an email to The Lens recently.
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections’ execution protocol requires that the state procure the deadly sedative pentobarbital at least 30 days before a scheduled execution.
On Thursday, the department told Sepulvado’s lawyers that the state “is in the process of implementing the lethal injection protocol, including procuring the pentobarbital,” according to records provided to The Lens in response to a public-records request.
Sepulvado’s execution date is set for Feb. 5.
James L. Hilburn, a lawyer for the Department of Corrections, wrote that the state was in communication with at least one drug supplier regarding the lethal-injection drug, but he wouldn’t reveal the provider.
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