Two executed in US with unapproved drugs

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Two men were executed in the United States with a drug not yet approved by federal authorities, after the Supreme Court denied one of the inmate's final appeal.

In Texas, which has put to death more people than any other US state, prison authorities said Michael Yowell was pronounced dead at 7:11 pm (0011 GMT).

His execution was delayed by an hour pending his final appeal to the highest court in the land, said Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark.

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Both Schad and Yowell were executed using a lethal injection with a new barbiturate customized by a compounding pharmacy.

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