Coverage dated September 18, 2023

After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina secures drug to resume lethal injections

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South Carolina has announced it has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years. South Carolina has had an unintended moratorium on the death penalty ever since its lethal injection drugs passed their expiration date and …

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  1. The Guardian

    South Carolina secures drug for lethal injections after 12-year pause (opens The Guardian)

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    State general assembly passed a shield law in May allowing it to keep secret the suppliers of drugs

  2. KOB 4

    After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina secures drug to resume lethal injections (opens KOB 4)

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    South Carolina has announced it has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years. South Carolina has had an unintended moratorium on the death penalty ever since its lethal injection drugs passed their expiration date and …

  3. Fox News

    South Carolina obtains lethal injection drugs to carry out death penalty again after decade-long hiatus (opens Fox News)

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    South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the S.C. Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that the state can resume executions by lethal injections, after being unable to procure the drug for over a decade.

  4. MyNorthwest

    After unintended 12-year pause, South Carolina says it has secured drug to resume lethal injections (opens MyNorthwest)

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    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over

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