death penalty in US

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

Health care company Fresenius Kabi has put in place a system of distribution controls to prevent its product from being used off-label for executions by lethal injection.

The UK Government will impose strict export controls on the anaesthetic propofol in response to the intention of American prisons to use the drug in executions.

A German drug company may become the prime supplier of execution drugs to the US following a decision by the State of Missouri to use propofol in lethal injections.