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Death Penalty in Limbo after US DEA Confiscates Lethal Drugs

by: Matthew Cardinale 2.May

Original source: The Atlanta Progressive NewsATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 29, 2011 (IPS) - The death penalty is in limbo in several states since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency confiscated several states' supplies of sodium thiopental (ST), a key drug used in lethal injections, and as the supply of the drug to the U.S. grows even tighter.First, the DEA confiscated Georgia's supply of ST on Mar. 15 after questions surfaced about the origin of the drugs.

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