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Arizona faces drug-expiration deadline for executions

The Associated Press//April 26, 2016//

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Arizona faces drug-expiration deadline for executions

Arizona faces drug-expiration deadline for executions

The Associated Press//April 26, 2016//

The state of Arizona technically had until today to obtain a death warrant before its supply of a crucial lethal injection drug expires. But Arizona can’t seek death warrants until...

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