Oklahoma to continue using pentobarbital in executions
Oklahoma prison officials say they will continue using a sedative as part of the state's three-drug protocol for executing death row inmates in spite of objections by the drug's manufacturer.
Denmark -based Lundbeck, Inc. produces the drug pentobarbital and has said it opposes using the drug in lethal injections. The company has sent a letter asking the state to stop the practice. But Oklahoma Department of Corr...
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