This guy didn’t have much mercy for the life that he took. I don’t know, does it really make a difference?
The US state of Arizona has admitted that the drug it uses for executions has been supplied by a UK company.
The admission came after the execution of Jeffrey Landrigan was delayed by judicial objections that the drug was not US approved.
Arizona had to import the drug, sodium thiopental, after US supplies ran out.
Arizona said it wanted to show the drug came from a “reputable place” but concern has been expressed in the UK, where there is no death penalty.
The admission is the first by a US state that sodium thiopental supplies come from outside the US.
Arizona execution drug ‘supplied by UK firm’.
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October 26, 2010 at 8:49 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_thiopental
sodium pentothal is used for more than lethal injection, so the UK might not mind selling it for the other purposes but not for lethal injection. the US should respect this choice.
(am personally pro death penalty if it were made to be unbiased; not liking its current uneven and racist application).
October 27, 2010 at 5:50 am
Sodium pentothol is used as a component. I take issue with this guy’s appeal. He should have gone away a long time ago.
October 27, 2010 at 8:41 am
I never said I thought lethal injection was the best method of execution, just that we should respect the opinion of the UK.
we do still make bullets in the US.
October 27, 2010 at 8:54 am
A bullet is cheaper. JMO, but I don’t give a crap about what the UK thinks Nom. They have major problems because they mentally masturbate over every decision.
October 27, 2010 at 9:23 am
it just seems like common politeness to me, not a legal matter at all. no sense making an issue with an ally over something so trivial.
if the only way the dude could be taken out was sodium pentothal and the only place it could be obtained was the UK, then there might be a reason to say fu, but it’s just too easy to do something else.
October 26, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Much ado about less than nothing. As McN says, “does it really make a difference?”
October 27, 2010 at 5:51 am
It’s jmo…why is this guy still chewing on the taxpayer dollar over this?