nationwide. florida kills its prisoners with a lethal drug cocktail that includes a new drug something called pentobarbotol. makers stopped making it so it could not be used to kill pri prisoners. the danish company doesn t want their drug to be used to kill people. they ve said it over and over and over again. the company announced this summer it would no longer sell pentobarbital to prisons in death penalty states. florida has a stock pile. hours before florida carried out the execution of manuel vall, it was delayed pending a review from the supreme court of request for a stay in part because the man s lawyer said the new death penalty drug would cause him substantial harm. the supreme court decided not to block the execution and the state of florida went ahead with it. valle was declared dead at 7:14 p.m. eastern. it was announced today a memorial service would be held