$1.5 Million Spent On Execution Drugs This Past Fall in Arizona
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX -- Arizona spent $1.5 million this past fall to buy 1,000 vials of an execution drug. A heavily redacted
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By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX -- Arizona spent $1.5 million this past fall to buy 1,000 vials of an execution drug. A heavily redacted
Bill for execution drug: $1.5M Arizona spent $1.5 million this past fall to buy 1,000 vials of an execution drug. A heavily redacted document obtained by Capitol Media Services shows the invoice from a not-disclosed source for jars of pentobarbital sodium salt to be shipped to the state Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry in “unmarked jars and boxes.” The seller’s name is blacked out. State officials have repeatedly declined to identify where they have attempted to purchase supplies of lethal chemicals. And the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Arizonans have...