Prisoner disputes shelf life of Arizona’s execution drug
An Arizona death row prisoner, who would be among the state’s first executions in almost seven years, has filed documents arguing the lethal injection drug to be used would expire sooner than prosecutors maintain and that makes it impossible to carry out his execution.
In a filing Wednesday, attorneys for Frank Atwood asked the Arizona Supreme Court to order a lower court to hold a hearing over the state’s claim that the pentobarbital to be used in their client’s execution would expire 90 days after the chemical powder is compounded into an injectable fluid. His lawyers contend the drug is unusable 45 days after it’s compounded.
Prisoner disputes shelf life of Arizona s execution drug
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