Drug shortage forces states to reevaluate the death penalty

Published: Monday, Feb. 7 2011 12:59 p.m. MST

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Cottonwood Heights, UT

The legislature needs to reauthorize the firing squad as a backup procedure in case of drug shortages.

Lawyers need to quit playing games over which lethal concoction can be used. As long as the condemned person dies, anything that works More..

1:10 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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Mark B

Eureka, CA

I'm amazed at Subscriber's comments. Not only does he anonymously endorse cruelty ("anything that works is fine"), but then muddies the issue by bringing in Italy, as if it is somehow required to satisfy all demands of US states. His More..

10:02 p.m. Feb. 7, 2011
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