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Arizona's Jeffrey Landrigan executed despite concerns drugs not FDA-approved
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NY Daily news ^
| 10/27/2010
| Aliyah Shahid
Posted on 10/27/2010 10:10:10 AM PDT by managusta
The state of Arizona executed a convicted murderer on Tuesday night despite objections from attorneys that the state would use a non-approved drug from overseas for the lethal injection.
Just hours before Jeffrey Landrigan's death, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to lift a stay issued by a federal judge to halt the execution.
"There is no evidence in the record to suggest that the drug obtained from a foreign source is unsafe," the Supreme Court said
Due to a U.S. shortage, the state turned to a non-FDA approved drug. It was later revealed that the source was the U.K., although the actual company that makes the drug is still unknown.
Experts argue the practice raises concerns about the effectiveness of the drug. It may also cause difficulties for executions in the 35 states that allow them, as those on death row challenge the use of drugs not approved by the feds.
"The impact could be huge," Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; attorneys; company; convict; death; deathpenalty; deathrow; drug; drugs; execution; fda; judge; lethalinjection; murderer; professor; supremecourt; uk; unsafe
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How the hell does one test a lethal cocktail ? Then stamp it FDA approved!
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:10:16 AM PDT
by
managusta
To: managusta
Should have used pure Aspartame.
It's FDA approved, and guaranteed to kill.
2
posted on
10/27/2010 10:11:41 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
To: managusta
3
posted on
10/27/2010 10:11:46 AM PDT
by
cbvanb
To: managusta
How the hell does one test a lethal cocktail ? Then stamp it FDA approved! Here kitty, kitty, kitty...
4
posted on
10/27/2010 10:11:46 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: managusta
“Foreign source is unsafe,”
They can kill us just as easy as we can kill ourselves.
5
posted on
10/27/2010 10:12:40 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(No "D's" for me!)
To: managusta
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:13:06 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: managusta
"There is no evidence in the record to suggest that the drug obtained from a foreign source is unsafe," I thought that was the entire point, to administer to him an unsafe drug that would launch him into eternity. Sounds like it worked.
To: managusta
"There is no evidence in the record to suggest that the drug obtained from a foreign source is unsafe," the Supreme Court said Isn't an intentionally lethal drug by definition, unsafe. That was the whole point of the drug.
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:14:25 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: managusta
Much ado about nothing ... It’s hard to believe that our nation has gone this soft on criminals.
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:15:14 AM PDT
by
OldNavyVet
(One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
To: managusta
WTF?
Are they afraid it might kill him?.............
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:15:46 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
To: managusta
"There is no evidence in the record to suggest that the drug obtained from a foreign source is unsafe," Can you imagine if it is unsafe, IF something went wrong...
...why the condemned inmate just might die!
Gasp!
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:16:16 AM PDT
by
NorCoGOP
(OBAMA: Living proof that hope is not a plan.)
To: managusta
You can't use a drug if it is not FDA approved!
Why not?
It might kill him!
Joe, Joe, Joe ... [sigh] ok, let's go over this one more time ...
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:16:43 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
To: managusta
Why not just use a massive dose of mophine? I never understood why they don’t.
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:17:04 AM PDT
by
Hugin
(Remember the first rule of gunfighting...have a gun..-- Col. Jeff Cooper)
To: managusta
How the hell does one test a lethal cocktail?I'm assuming you've never tipped a bartender well all night.
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:17:19 AM PDT
by
Senator Pardek
( It might be hard for some of the younger Freepers to believe, but in 1982)
To: managusta
Well, at least it's been proven effective.
Close to 100%, I'd say.
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:18:23 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
To: managusta
Arizona's Jeffrey Landrigan executed despite concerns drugs not FDA-approved So...were they afraid that the non-FDA approved drugs might be harmful in some way?
To: managusta
Experts argue the practice raises concerns about the effectiveness of the drug. Well, is he dead or not? (Sheesh, "experts.")
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:19:40 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(panem et circenses)
To: managusta
How the hell does one test a lethal cocktail ? First, date a bartender. Openly cheat on her. Go back to her bar for a drink.
Then stamp it FDA approved!
Second, date an FDA inspector...
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:21:59 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: managusta
If it killed him, it was a good drug - for its purpose
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:22:51 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
("This is not an election on November 2 . This is a restraining order" P.J. O'Rourke)
To: managusta
Ther must be a link to The Onion somewhere in that article...
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:22:52 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Today, Congress. Tomorrow, the White House!)
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