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Politics
8:35 am
Fri June 8, 2012

Attorneys raise concerns about new lethal-injection drug

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A syringe of propofol. The drug will now be used in executions in Missouri. It's also commonly used in veterinary medicine.

As the Missouri Supreme Court decides whether to set execution dates for six condemned killers, attorneys for death row inmates are citing concerns over the state's new one-drug lethal injection method as among the reasons why the executions should not proceed.

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Politics
4:30 pm
Thu May 24, 2012

Missouri first state to adopt propofol for executions

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The Missouri Department of Corrections will switch to propofol for all executions.

It’s is best known as the anesthetic that killed pop star Michael Jackson.

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