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Documents: Arizona tried to illegally import execution drug

The Associated Press//October 23, 2015//

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Documents: Arizona tried to illegally import execution drug

Documents: Arizona tried to illegally import execution drug

The Associated Press//October 23, 2015//

Arizona tried to illegally import a lethal injection drug that’s not approved in the U.S. but never obtained it after federal agents stopped the shipment at the Phoenix airport, according...

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