Thursday, May 1, 2014

Botched Execution Could Renew 'Cruel' Challenges


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate is certain to fire up the debate over what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment — the phrase written into the U.S. Constitution and defined by the courts, piece by piece, over two centuries.
Convicted killer Clayton Lockett, 38, began writhing, clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow Tuesday evening after he was supposedly rendered unconscious by the first of three drugs in the state's new lethal injection combination.
The execution was halted, and Lockett died of a heart attack about a half-hour later, authorities said.
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IACP Compounders on Capitol Hill Event advertises an exclusive opportunity to "hob-nob" with the powerful movers and shakers of Washington D.C.; The COMP PAC fundraising dinner is hosting U.S. House of Representative Morgan Griffith

On Monday, May 19, the COMP PAC Dinner and Fundraiser is an exclusive opportunity to hob-nob with the powerful movers and shakers of Washington, D.C. The COMP PAC will host the Honorable Morgan Griffith, U.S. House of Representatives (R, VA-09) as the keynote speaker for the COMP PAC Fundraising Dinner.
 
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Compounders on Capitol Hill - International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists May 17-20, 2014 Registration Information

Compounders on Capitol Hill - International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists

NABP Comments on FDA-State Inter-Governement Meeting on the Federal Compounding Law

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