The problem is the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. So, if a person condemned to die is kept from knowing the source, consistency and content of the drugs that will kill him or her, how can anyone know if it is cruel or unusual? In January, the final words […]
pentobarbital
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Oklahoma is making death penalty headlines again because the state Department of Corrections used pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used for animal sedation and euthanasia, on Dec. 16 to execute John David Duty, 58. Duty was serving a trio of life sentences for rape, shooting with intent to kill and robbery when he strangled cell mate […]