Drugmaker seeks to block Nebraska from using execution drugs
6 years, 7 months ago

Drugmaker seeks to block Nebraska from using execution drugs

Associated Press  

— A German pharmaceutical company has filed a lawsuit to prevent Nebraska from using lethal injection drugs next week in what would be the state’s first execution in more than two decades. The company, Fresenius Kabi, opposes the use of its drugs in executions and alleges that the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services’ supply of potassium chloride was made by the company. The lawsuit could force Nebraska to reveal its supplier to prove it doesn’t have any of Fresenius Kabi’s drugs, said state Sen. Ernie Chambers, of Omaha, an outspoken opponent of capital punishment. A company spokesman said at the time that Fresenius Kabi discovered the sale through an internal audit and requested that the Department of Correctional Services return the drugs, but state officials never did.

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Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Here’s a …

What is death row future of serial killer Thomas Creech after botched execution
1 year ago

What is death row future of serial killer Thomas Creech after botched execution

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Officials with the Idaho …

Federal court says Alabama can carry out first nitrogen gas execution; Supreme Court appeal expected
1 year, 2 months ago

Federal court says Alabama can carry out first nitrogen gas execution; Supreme Court appeal expected

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. “I remain confident that the Supreme Court will come down on the side of justice, and that Smith’s execution will be carried …

Nebraska bill would add asphyxiation by nitrogen gas as form of execution for death row inmates
1 year, 2 months ago

Nebraska bill would add asphyxiation by nitrogen gas as form of execution for death row inmates

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill to add asphyxiation by nitrogen to the state’s method of carrying out the death penalty, even as Alabama officials await a judge’s ruling on a request to block its plans to become the nation’s first state to carry out an execution by nitrogen gas. The bill introduced Thursday would add the nitrogen …

Judge rules Oklahoma’s lethal injection method is constitutional following a legal challenge from dozens of death row prisoners
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge rules Oklahoma’s lethal injection method is constitutional following a legal challenge from dozens of death row prisoners

CNN  

CNN — Four days after a federal court ruled against death row inmates arguing Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol is cruel and unusual, the state’s attorney general asked for more than two dozen executions to be scheduled. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of 28 death row prisoners, named officials with multiple Oklahoma corrections agencies and claimed the injection method causes “constitutionally …

Oklahoma attorneys say execution method is constitutional
3 years ago

Oklahoma attorneys say execution method is constitutional

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The three-drug lethal injection method Oklahoma uses is constitutional and is unlikely to lead to inmates experiencing much pain before they die, Oklahoma’s solicitor general told a federal judge on Monday. Mithun Mansinghani told U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot that the four lethal injections the state has carried out since October “are definitive proof that the protocol …

Federal judge opens hearing on Oklahoma’s lethal injection
3 years ago

Federal judge opens hearing on Oklahoma’s lethal injection

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s push to resume executions, which includes four death row prisoners put to death since October, faced the scrutiny of a federal judge in Oklahoma City on Monday in a case brought by more than two dozen death row inmates who are challenging Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocols. On Monday, the plaintiffs called Dr. Craig Stephens, an Oklahoma …

Nebraska death sentences continue despite no execution drugs
3 years, 10 months ago

Nebraska death sentences continue despite no execution drugs

Associated Press  

— Three times in the past four years, Nebraska prosecutors have sought death sentences, and each time they have been successful. We say Nebraska has a death penalty when, functionally, we don’t.” Twenty seven states allow capital punishment, but many have struggled in recent years to obtain the drugs used to execute inmates because most manufacturers now refuse to openly …

SC delays execution, citing lack of lethal injection drugs
4 years, 3 months ago

SC delays execution, citing lack of lethal injection drugs

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of a death row prisoner after corrections officials said they couldn’t obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs in time. An attorney for the state Department of Corrections wrote in a letter to the South Carolina Supreme Court last week that the agency cannot carry out the execution …

Nebraska got lethal injection drugs from Omaha-area pharmacy
4 years, 8 months ago

Nebraska got lethal injection drugs from Omaha-area pharmacy

Associated Press  

— The owner of a pharmacy that provided drugs to Nebraska for use in a 2018 execution expressed remorse Thursday for making the sale, but acknowledged that he knew prison officials wanted them for a lethal injection. Public records released late Thursday revealed that Community Pharmacy Services, in the Omaha suburb of Gretna, Nebraska, agreed to sell the drugs to …

Nebraska court orders disclosure of execution drug records
4 years, 10 months ago

Nebraska court orders disclosure of execution drug records

Associated Press  

— Nebraska prison officials cannot withhold public records that reveal where they purchased their supply of lethal injection drugs, the state’s highest court said Friday in a ruling that could threaten Nebraska’s ability to carry out executions for the dozen men on its death row. Media outlets including The Associated Press, The Omaha World-Herald and The Lincoln Journal Star filed …

Governor says ‘no executions’ without court-backed drugs
6 years, 1 month ago

Governor says ‘no executions’ without court-backed drugs

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Recent statements and actions by Gov. Last month, the Republican governor ordered the prison system to come up with a new lethal drug protocol after a federal judge’s scathing critique of the first drug in Ohio’s method. Last week, DeWine said Ohio “certainly could have no executions” during that search and the court challenges that would follow …

Arkansas says executions unlikely before spring 2019
6 years, 7 months ago

Arkansas says executions unlikely before spring 2019

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Friday delayed a trial over Arkansas’ lethal injection method after an attorney for the state said it is “highly unlikely” the state will be obtain new execution drugs or set execution dates before next spring. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted the state’s request to delay until April 2019 the trial challenging the state’s use …

Nebraska executes inmate using powerful opioid fentanyl
6 years, 7 months ago

Nebraska executes inmate using powerful opioid fentanyl

Associated Press  

— Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the powerful opioid fentanyl in a lethal injection. At one point while on the gurney, Moore turned his head and mouthed several words to his family, including “I love you.” No members of the …

Nebraska Carries Out 1st Execution Using Fentanyl In U.S.
6 years, 7 months ago

Nebraska Carries Out 1st Execution Using Fentanyl In U.S.

NPR  

Nebraska Carries Out 1st Execution Using Fentanyl In U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nebraska Department of Correctional Services via AP Nebraska Department of Correctional Services via AP Updated at 1:20 p.m. "This execution of Carey Dean Moore does not comport with Nebraska's proud tradition of open government," Executive Director Danielle Conrad said in a statement. The primary legal challenge …

Nebraska cleared to carry out America’s first fentanyl execution, judge says
6 years, 7 months ago

Nebraska cleared to carry out America’s first fentanyl execution, judge says

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A federal judge rejected …

Judge refuses to halt Nebraska’s 1st execution since 1997
6 years, 7 months ago

Judge refuses to halt Nebraska’s 1st execution since 1997

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Friday refused to block Nebraska from carrying out the state’s first-ever lethal injection despite a German pharmaceutical company’s lawsuit that claims the state illicitly obtained its drugs. U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf denied the company’s request to temporarily block state prison officials from executing Carey Dean Moore, one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates. …

Nebraska prisons head: State can’t buy execution drugs again
6 years, 7 months ago

Nebraska prisons head: State can’t buy execution drugs again

Associated Press  

— Delaying the execution of a longtime death-row inmate would likely prevent the state from ever carrying out the sentence because officials can’t purchase any more of the necessary lethal injection drugs, Nebraska’s prisons director acknowledged Thursday. Corrections Director Scott Frakes said in a sworn statement that the pharmacy that supplied Nebraska’s current batch of drugs is unwilling to sell …

States Study Use of Fentanyl as Execution Drug
7 years, 2 months ago

States Study Use of Fentanyl as Execution Drug

Huff Post  

By Christopher Zoukis Faced with pharmaceutical supplier refusals, states are having serious difficulty obtaining the lethal drugs used for current execution protocols, so they are increasingly examining alternatives — including fentanyl, the synthetic drug that is in large part responsible for the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic. The difficulty obtaining chemicals needed for current execution protocols has also led some of …

Judge: Arizona doesn’t have to reveal execution drug sources
7 years, 6 months ago

Judge: Arizona doesn’t have to reveal execution drug sources

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona does not have to reveal who provides its execution drugs, a judge ruled Thursday in a lawsuit arguing that the information would help the public determine whether the death penalty is carried out humanely and promote confidence in the criminal justice system. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow ruled that the media outlets didn’t show they had a …

Federal Appeals Court Paves Way For Ohio To Resume Lethal Injections
7 years, 9 months ago

Federal Appeals Court Paves Way For Ohio To Resume Lethal Injections

NPR  

Federal Appeals Court Paves Way For Ohio To Resume Lethal Injections Enlarge this image toggle caption Kiichiro Sato/AP Kiichiro Sato/AP A federal appeals court paved the way on Wednesday for Ohio to resume executions by lifting a lower court's decision to halt the state's lethal injection process. In that decision, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Michael Merz stated that the …

Nebraska senators debate lethal injection secrecy bill
7 years, 11 months ago

Nebraska senators debate lethal injection secrecy bill

Associated Press  

— A proposal that would let Nebraska officials hide the identities of lethal injection suppliers drew criticism Wednesday from death penalty opponents but support from lawmakers who say the state needs it to resume executions. Sen. John Kuehn of Heartwell said the bill seeks to protect drug makers who would otherwise face public harassment from death penalty opponents. Sen. Ernie …

Company: Nebraska shouldn’t have gotten death penalty drug
7 years, 11 months ago

Company: Nebraska shouldn’t have gotten death penalty drug

Associated Press  

— A German pharmaceutical manufacturer whose drugs ended up in Nebraska’s lethal injection supply never intended for state officials to obtain them and tried unsuccessfully to get the corrections department to return them, a company spokesman said Thursday. Nebraska’s corrections department was only able to buy potassium chloride in 2015 because one of its U.S. distributors made a mistake, said …

Nebraska resumes search for lethal injection drug suppliers
8 years, 1 month ago

Nebraska resumes search for lethal injection drug suppliers

Associated Press  

— Nebraska officials have started a new search for lethal injection drugs and are backing a proposal that would allow them to conceal a supplier’s identity after voters reinstated capital punishment last year. His comments came outside of a Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on a proposed shield law that would keep secret the identity of any lethal …

Execution drug shortage makes some think of firing squads
9 years, 5 months ago

Execution drug shortage makes some think of firing squads

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s decision to delay executions another full year while it hunts for lethal injection drugs highlights an ongoing dilemma faced by the remaining death penalty states. “It really underscores the public’s growing distrust and dissatisfaction with state corrections departments being able to administer the death penalty,” Kevin Werner, who leads Ohioans to Stop Executions, said Tuesday. “It …

Oklahoma court stops 3 pending executions after drug glitch
9 years, 5 months ago

Oklahoma court stops 3 pending executions after drug glitch

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s highest criminal court unanimously agreed Friday to halt all of the state’s scheduled executions after its prison system received the wrong drug for a lethal injection this week. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted the state’s request and issued indefinite stays of execution for Richard Glossip, Benjamin Cole and John Grant. Prison officials who opened …

Nebraska bans death penalty
9 years, 10 months ago

Nebraska bans death penalty

The Hindu  

Nebraska became the first “red state” since 1973 to abolish the death penalty this week, and did so in dramatic fashion after state legislators there banded together to overrule a veto by Governor Pete Ricketts. This week, however, the staunchly Republican state overcame resistance from Governor Rickett’s office to pass by a margin of 30 to 19 votes, a bill …

Nebraska may repeal death penalty amid drug shortage
9 years, 11 months ago

Nebraska may repeal death penalty amid drug shortage

Daily Mail  

Nebraska may repeal death penalty amid drug shortage LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska is considering repealing the death penalty amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs, with legislation to eliminate capital punishment clearing a major hurdle Thursday. If Nebraska's repeal passes, the state would join six others that have abolished the death penalty since 2000. Death penalty supporters peppered Thursday's debate …

Ohio Will Increase Dosage Of Drugs In Lethal Injection
10 years, 11 months ago

Ohio Will Increase Dosage Of Drugs In Lethal Injection

NPR  

Ohio Will Increase Dosage Of Drugs In Lethal Injection Ohio has concluded that Dennis McGuire did not suffer any pain during his execution last January, the state's Department of Rehabilitation & Correction said Monday. Enlarge this image toggle caption Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction/AP Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction/AP McGuire was executed using a new cocktail of drugs. …

Oklahoma court delays executions over plan to change lethal drugs
11 years ago

Oklahoma court delays executions over plan to change lethal drugs

LA Times  

<i>This post has been updated. See note below.</i> HOUSTON — An Oklahoma appeals court on Tuesday postponed two executions after state officials revealed they were planning to change lethal injection drugs due to a shortage. Oklahoma is one of several death penalty states grappling with the legal ramifications of adjusting lethal injection drugs after major drug makers — many based …

Row over drug in lethal injection may prevent Missouri execution
11 years, 1 month ago

Row over drug in lethal injection may prevent Missouri execution

Firstpost  

A court hearing is scheduled Tuesday in the federal lawsuit filed by inmate Michael Taylor against The Apothecary Shoppe, a compounding pharmacy in Tulsa. A court hearing is scheduled Tuesday in the federal lawsuit filed by inmate Michael Taylor against The Apothecary Shoppe, a compounding pharmacy in Tulsa that his attorneys said was providing a drug that could cause “inhumane …

New Drug Combination Takes 24 Minutes To Execute Ohio Killer
11 years, 2 months ago

New Drug Combination Takes 24 Minutes To Execute Ohio Killer

NPR  

New Drug Combination Takes 24 Minutes To Execute Ohio Killer The state of Ohio on Thursday conducted its first execution since running out of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital. Enlarge this image toggle caption Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction/AP Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction/AP McGuire had been given, Johnson adds, "an injection of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, …

It's official now: Nebraska set to use made-in-India drug in execution
13 years ago

It's official now: Nebraska set to use made-in-India drug in execution

The Hindu  

In the forthcoming week the United States is poised to make execution history by allowing a prison in Nebraska to use a made-in-India chemical for killing a death-row inmate. Yet a U.K.-based anti-death penalty group called Reprieve, which had earlier tracked the NDCS’s efforts to source the drug from a shadowy firm in the United Kingdom, highlighted Mr. Harris’ interactions …

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