Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Florida high court orders a review of lethal injection drug

[JURIST] Florida's highest court on Thursday ordered [Orlando Sentinel report] an evidentiary hearing to determine if the sedative midazolam should remain in the state's lethal injection procedure. The case of Paul Augustus Howell reached the state high court after a successful appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website] in 2013. The court of Appeals lifted the stay on Howell's execution in November, and he was scheduled for execution on February 26 before Thursday's court...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/02/florida-high-court-orders-a-review-of-new-lethal-injection-drug.php

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