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Pentobar ba toll. the execution drug that state previously used became nearly impossible for them to get after companies around the world stopped selling it to u.s. prisons. for a while georgia was importing that particular execution drug from a pharmaceutical operation that doled them out from the back of a driving school in west london in england. that led to the dea seizing those drugs from the state or at least what was left after georgia carried out two executions using the driving school l...

In england. that led to the dea seizing those drugs from the state or at least what was left after georgia carried out two executions using the driving school like this at injection drugs. since then georgia has turned to buying its execution drugs from loosely regulated domestic compounding pharmacies that can make drugs that are not easily available for sale elsewhere. while the state refuses now to disclose information about the specific compounding pharmacy theyre using to get their drugs no...

Georgia is poised to break the streak. at 7:00 p.m. local time tomorrow night georgia is scheduled to kill a prisoner by lethal injection using a single pose of pentobarbital. the execution drug that state previously used became nearly impossible for them to get after companies around the world stopped selling it to u.s. prisons. for a while georgia was importing that particular execution drug from a pharmaceutical operation that doled them out from the back of a driving school in west london in...

Following closely. last night we told to you set your news alarm clocks for a big decision that was set to come out of texas tonight. but now that decision has been announced by the office of texas attorney general greg abbott. greg abbott on the right here, hes best known as the republican running for texas governor against democrat wendy davis. but hes currently the attorney general of the state. in the past his office has ruled that texass open records laws give the public a right to know abo...

There is late-breaking news tonight on a story weve been following closely. last night we told to you set your news alarm clocks for a big decision that was set to come out of texas tonight. but now that decision has been announced by the office of texas attorney general greg abbott. greg abbott on the right here, hes best known as the republican running for texas governor against democrat wendy davis. but hes currently the attorney general of the state. in the past his office has ruled that tex...

It wants to use for executions because the companies that sell the drugs dont want them used in executions. the texas prison system is therefore turned to compounding pharmacies to make them batches of drugs. the texas prison system is being sued by death row prisoners who wants to know who is making the drugs, how theyre being made. tomorrow, the office will give the ruling on whether or not the prison system is allowed to keep secret about the drugs or tell the public in the past. but also, in...

Attorney general. greg abbotts office in texas repeatedly ruled the open public records law means the state has to disclose how texas kills its prisoners. the drugs they use. where the drugs come from, et cetera. texas like other states has had trouble getting the drugs that it wants to use for executions because the companies that sell the drugs dont want them used in executions. the texas prison system is therefore turned to compounding pharmacies to make them batches of drugs. the texas priso...

You might know. right now the texas state attorney general. greg abbotts office in texas repeatedly ruled the open public records law means the state has to disclose how texas kills its prisoners. the drugs they use. where the drugs come from, et cetera. texas like other states has had trouble getting the drugs that it wants to use for executions because the companies that sell the drugs dont want them used in executions. the texas prison system is therefore turned to compounding pharmacies to m...

Are turning to compounding pharmacies to make new drugs. many are refusing to disclose where theyre obtaining their new drugs and that secrecy, that lack of trans parngs si about how our states are killing our citizens has led to multiple legal challenges, even halting executions in some states. there are concerns about how the new drug combinations work. on january 16th ohio tried out a new untested combination of drugs in the execution of dennis mcguire and it took him nearly 25 minutes to die...

Jon: right now the senate is holding a hearing into the deadly meningitis outbreak. contaminated steroid shots blamed for 32 deaths in this country and more than 460 cases of the disease. the owner of the factory that produced those shots is on the list of witnesses set to testify today. jonathan serrie live for us in washington right now. jonathan? >> reporter: hi there. actually, reporting from the atlanta bureau on developments unfolding in washington as we speak. much of the discussion going...