Sentences with phrase «over lethal injection»

In Arkansas, as explained in this AP article, the litigation over lethal injection is raging in federal district court.

The decision follows questions over the lethal injection cocktail to be used in the execution of Scott Raymond Dozier.

Not exact matches

Most recently, Arizona inmate Jeffrey Landrigan was executed Tuesday night only after a delay caused by a legal battle over the source and quality of the sodium thiopental used as part of the lethal injection.

Regardless of whether Landrigan's legal team was simply using the drug shortage as stalling tactic, their legal maneuvering brings to the fore a contentious dispute over the science (or some would say lack thereof) behind lethal injection executions in the U.S.. For more than two decades, it has been argued that the FDA should be required to certify the safety and effectiveness of drugs used to carry out executions (as it does for drugs used to euthanize animals).