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January 29, 2014

Supreme Court Halts Missouri Execution over Disclosure of Lethal Drug 
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The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of a Missouri prisoner
after state officials refused to disclose the source of the drug that
was to be used to take his life. Herbert Smulls was due to be executed
at midnight Wednesday for a 1991 murder. But his attorneys won a stay
after arguing Missouri should be forced to name the compound pharmacy
used to produce the lethal drug, which is not subject to federal
oversight.

 

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