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Court OKs drug use in executions, but lawyer says that could change

Gary Grado//July 3, 2015//

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Court OKs drug use in executions, but lawyer says that could change

Court OKs drug use in executions, but lawyer says that could change

Gary Grado//July 3, 2015//

Although the U.S. Supreme Court on June 20 approved the use of the sedative midazolam in executions, an attorney for Arizona death-row prisoners said the issue of whether use of...

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