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More Lethal Injection Information From Texas

By Steve Hall

The Texas Attorney General's Open Records Letter Decision, OR2010-17507, is in Adobe .pdf format. "Texas has lethal drugs on hand to execute 39 condemned criminals," is the title of Mike Ward's report in the Saturday edition of the Austin American-Statesman. Texas has enough lethal drugs on hand to execute 39 condemned criminals, but all doses of one key drug in its inventory expire in March, a situation that could delay executions unless additional supplies are found, state officials revealed Friday. Melinda Bozarth, general counsel for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said she was not aware of whether Texas has a supplier that can provide additional doses of sodium thiopental ? one of three drugs used in executions that is in short supply across the country...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 22, 2010 (boomark / email).