Use of Anesthetic for Execution Might Cut Supply

Published September 28, 2013

Use of anesthetic for execution might cut supply
File – In this April 12, 2005 file photo is the death chamber at the Missouri Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Mo. The planned use of the nation's most popular anesthetic, propofol, in a Missouri execution scheduled for Oct. 23, 2013 at the …
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Woman sentenced to 10 years' probation for '11 vehicular homicide
Following tearful court testimony from both sides, Nalani Walton was sentenced Friday to 10 years' probation as a first offender for homicide by vehicle in the first degree after hitting and killing a 52-year-old veteran. On June 2, 2011, a little …
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FDA adds most severe warning to Pfizer's Tygacil
The Food and Drug Administration says Tygacil should be used only in situations when other treatments aren't suitable. The drug is approved as a treatment for complicated skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
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