death penalty

Noose Tightens Around Thiopental Supply

MedPage Today Surgery  Fri, 02/11/2011 - 08:39

(MedPage Today) -- European and domestic objections to the death penalty in the U.S. are making it increasingly unlikely that sodium thiopental will continue to be available for surgical anesthesia.


 

Ohio can't find doctors to offer execution advice

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 10/26/2009 - 14:56

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates. One botched execution and several lawsuits later, the death penalty is temporarily on hold there....