Tuesday, May 6, 2014

In wake of botched execution, pharmacies pressured to halt lethal drug sales to states: Fair?

By John Luciew | jluciew@pennlive.com The Patriot-News
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on May 01, 2014 at 7:20 AM, updated May 01, 2014 at 9:54 AM

The battle over capital punishment in America has moved from the prison gates to the pharmacy aisle. It is here that anti-death penalty groups are pressuring pharmacies and drug companies to refuse to supply lethal drugs for executions in the U.S. And in wake of yesterday’s botched execution in Oklahoma, in which a new lethal drug mix resulted in an inmate’s agonized and prolonged death, the pressure is only intensifying.
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