Government
Aug. 23, 2013
Drug shortage threatens to hamstring state's execution reform plans
As California transitions to a new lethal injection method amid court injunctions and other obstacles that have led it to scrap the existing process, another challenge looms large on the horizon.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
It's been more than seven years since California executed a death row inmate. But as the state looks to transition to a new lethal injection method amid court injunctions and other obstacles that have led it to scrap the existing process, another challenge - procuring the required drugs to put criminals to death - looms on the horizon.
In July, the state effectively threw the old method on the r...
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