Officials: Texas running out of execution drug

[TexasTowelie]

State officials said Thursday they are again running out of the lethal drug used to operate the nation’s busiest execution chamber.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said the state’s remaining supply of pentobarbital expires in September, and officials “are exploring all options” for an alternative.

Prison officials acknowledged last year that if the supply of pentobarbital ran out, they had explored switching to other drugs including propofol — the powerful anesthetic that contributed to pop star Michael Jackson’s death from cardiac arrest in 2009.

Clark and prison officials offered few other details on Texas’ latest quandary on a source for its lethal drugs, which have caused it to switch twice in three years as manufacturers stopped producing the necessary drugs under pressure from death penalty opponents.

More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/officials-texas-running-out-of-execution-drug/nZBF6/ .

[hlthe2b]

1. My cup of contempt runneth over. I'm surprised, given the depth of gun culture...

the depth of INSANE gun culture, that they don't just reinstate firing squads.


Sometimes I really do hope there is a hell.

[Downwinder]

2. Just set up an alter.

Let the high priest, Goodhair, come down and sacrifice them.

[kestrel91316]

3. I'm sure they'll find an alternative method, like beating them to death or some such.