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September 28, 2011

Danish Firm Protests Drug Use in Florida Execution 
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A Danish drug company is protesting the planned use of one its
anesthetics in an execution set for tonight in Florida. In a letter to
Florida Governor Rick Scott, the company Lunbeck says it is "adamant" in
its opposition to use of the drug pentobarbital in the execution of
Cuban national Manuel Valle. Doctors and experts have warned
pentobarbital is untested and could cause extreme suffering on death row
prisoners as they are killed.



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