Texas Running Out of Execution Drug

TX ex drugTexas has been on such an execution “roll,” they’re actually running out of pentobarbital. It takes a 5.0g dose to execute a prisoner, and they only have 23 doses left.

And apparently, the manufacturers of the drug are trying to clamp down on its use for executions. What’s Texas to do? They have a long history with both hanging and the electric chair, so maybe they could go “retro,” but that could be a big political/public relations problem.

Read the HUFFPOST story here.

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