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Procedures, they announced they were stopping making that drug all together. you can no longer get it in the united states. seeing this coming. fearful their supply was about to dry up, some states already started planning for what they would do. they planned to switch to a different drug. a lot planned to switch to pentobarbital. a few months after the first drug was pulled off because the company didn't want it used in executions, same happened to the second one. they put out a statement saying they adamantly oppose distressing use of our product in capital punishment. they announced a new d...

So january 2011, the first drug gets yanked off the market to keep it away from prisons. july 2011, the replacement drug gets yanked from prisons too. then in 2012, some prisons move toward a drug called propofol. that's the drug that is famous for its association with the death of michael jackson, you might remember. but in august 2012, the manufacturer of that drug as well also yanked their distribution system for that drug, specifically to make sure it couldn't get into prisons in the united states to be used in lethal injections. they limited their distributors for the drug and said none o...

A community on new york's long island was shaken up after a s.w.a.t. team stormed a house after a call about a hostage situation. it turned out to be an elaborate hoax. investigators say a 17-year-old boy was playing a video game when he was what's called swatted by his opponents. someone called police saying the boy killed his brother and mother and was holding hostages. they are trying to track down who made the call. >> former the high school football coach in ohio heads to jail on friday following his plea in connection to a rape case. matt belardine pled no contest to making a false state...

A community on new york's long island was shaken up after a s.w.a.t. team stormed a house after a call about a hostage situation. it turned out to be an elaborate hoax. investigators say a 17-year-old boy was playing a video game when he was what's called swatted by his opponents. someone called police saying the boy killed his brother and mother and was holding hostages. they are trying to track down who made the call. >> former the high school football coach in ohio heads to jail on friday following his plea in connection to a rape case. matt belardine pled no contest to making a false state...

Remember, gun-free zones in schools, gun-free zones in military installations. as we move on, we have the sikh temple in august 2012, six people killed. the aurora movie theater, 12 killed in that shooting. that raises the question, what about examples that we have of instances where people did have weapons and actually were able to stop it? one of the big stories coming out of last night at ft. hood was the military personnel. the shooting went on for 15 to 20 minutes until the shooter ivan lopez was confronted by a military police woman and it was at that moment that he took his own life. lo...