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Montana lawmakers oppose more death penalty drug options

Montana lawmakers oppose more death penalty drug options
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AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press
April 16, 2021
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) Seven Republicans joined Democrats in the Montana Senate to kill a bill that would have given the state more latitude in selecting drugs to carry out lethal injections, as companies restrict access to drugs used in executions.
“I was blown away,” by Thursday s 24-26 second-reading vote, Democratic Sen. Diane Sands of Missoula said Friday. She spoke against the legislation, arguing there aren t drugs available to carry out lethal injection in ways that don t result in cruel and unusual punishment.
The death penalty has been on hold in Montana since 2015, when District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock said the state s plan to use pentobarbital to render an inmate unconscious did not meet state law requiring the use of an ultra-fast-acting barbiturate. ....

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Montana House committee tables bill to abolish death penalty

HELENA, Mont. (AP) A Montana House committee tabled a bill to abolish the death. ....

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