Posted on 08/01/2013 8:50:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The nation’s most active death penalty state is running out of its execution drug.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Thursday that its remaining supply of pentobarbital expires in September and that no alternatives have been found. It wasn’t immediately clear whether two executions scheduled for next month would be delayed. The state has already executed 11 death-row inmates this year, and at least seven more have execution dates in coming months. …
Texas switched to the lethal, single-dose sedative last year after one of the drugs used in its three-drug execution process became difficult to obtain and the state’s supply expired. Other death-penalty states have encountered similar problems after some drug suppliers barred the drugs’ use for executions or have refused, under pressure from death-penalty opponents, to sell or manufacture drugs for use in executions. …
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Lots of other stuff works just fine, and can be purchased on any urban street corner!
Go find a vet, the stuff they use is great and fast...
Missouri is talking about bringing back the gas chamber to avoid a similar problem.
For a short period you could buy t-shirts with mock bullet holes and blood on them, and the slogan "Let's do it."
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