Shortage of sodium thiopental could be a big problem
(NEWSER) - What to do when faced with a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug? In Arizona's case, take the slightly sketchy step of buying it from somewhere else. The state last night executed Jeffrey Landrigan for a 1989 murder in the state's first execution since 2007—using sodium thiopental it says it got from Britain. It's the first time a state has admitted it got the drug abroad, amid speculation that it actually came from a third-world country. The state's deputy attorney general calls such claims "not accurate," though he did not name the company that manufactured it. More»
