Nebraska has become the first US state to use the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl
in a lethal injection after a federal three-judge panel denied a drug
company’s request to stop the execution over concerns the state had
acquired the drug illegally.
The execution of Carey Dean Moore marks the first execution
in the state since 1997, and the use of the prescription drug in the
process comes as pharmaceutical companies across the country look to
take legal action against states attempting to use their products in
executions.
Moore had been serving prison time since 1980, when he was convicted of two first degree murders and given the death penalty. He did not file a legal challenge to the method used for the execution.
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Source: The Independent
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