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Federal Judge Orders Arizona to Disclose Drug Source

By Steve Hall

Judge Roslyn Silver's order is in Adobe .pdf format. "Judge to question whether Arizona illegally obtained lethal-injection drug," is the title of Michael Kiefer's report in today's Arizona Republic. On Sunday night, Gov. Jan Brewer announced that she would not grant a reprieve to Landrigan based on new evidence.And today, a federal judge will question whether the state legally obtained one of the drugs needed for the execution by lethal injection. A nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental has raised questions by Landrigan's defense attorneys on whether the state went outside of U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations to get its supply.Despite a federal judge's order late Saturday, the state is balking at revealing where it obtained the drug, saying the information is protected by a state law concealing the identities of those involved in executions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).