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DEA Seizes Georgias Supply of Drug Used in Executions
 All Georgia executions are off after federal drug agents seized the state's supply of a sedative used in lethal injections.The drug was used in January to execute Emmanuel Hammond, a 45-year-old man convicted for the 1988 shotgun slaying of an Atlanta preschool teacher. His attorneys sought a delay to gather more information on how the state obtained the drug, claiming in court documents it came from a "fly-by-night supplier operating from the back of a driving school in England." They said the drug could have been counterfeit. The U.S. Supreme Court, as well as lower courts, rejected Hammond's argument. Seems the Obama administration doesn't care for the Supreme Court's ruling. Either that or they are planning to run that stash over to Mexico. Posted by: Fester Javith5393 2011-03-17 |
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