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lethal injections

July 27, 2019

USA's decision to reinstate federal executions 'outrageous'

Five people have been identified as the first to be subject to a new lethal injection protocol.
April 25, 2017

Arkansas executions 'heinous' and 'shameful' says Amnesty

The state of Arkansas executed two men, Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, late last night – the first double execution in the US for 17 years.
April 17, 2017

Arkansas judge blocks use of lethal injection drugs

An Arkansas judge has temporarily blocked six executions from taking place after the company that manufactured the drugs to be used in the executions filed a complaint that the drug was not meant to be used for lethal injection.
May 14, 2016

Pfizer blocks drug sales to US executioners

The world's second largest pharmaceutical firm has officially withdrawn from the lethal injection drug trade, imposing strict distribution controls to prevent its drugs reaching execution chambers across the USA.
April 13, 2016

US state revives rejected plan to mix execution drugs in secret

Virginia state governor Terry McAuliffe has resurrected a proposal to use secret batches of specially mixed medicines in executions by lethal injection, raising concerns over a lack of transparency.
October 16, 2013

Call for Texas to follow Missouri in returning execution drugs to suppliers

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is facing calls to return medicines it purchased for use in executions using misleading methods
June 18, 2013

Healthcare firm receives award for action to prevent use of drug in executions

A pharmaceutical company which has taken steps to prevent its product from being used in executions is to receive an award recognising ethical leadership.
March 21, 2013

Top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs

One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has taken steps to ensure its drugs cannot be used to carry out executions by lethal injection.
October 30, 2012

South Dakota covers up source of death penalty drugs ahead of execution

Prison authorities in South Dakota are refusing to release information on contaminated drugs made to order for an execution tonight (30 October).
October 17, 2012

South Dakota carries out execution using contaminated compounded drugs

Drugs from a compounding pharmacy have been used to execute a prisoner in Dakota in a potentially botched lethal injection, it has emerged.