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May 3, 2022

Tennessee Halts Executions ver Potential Toxins in Lethal Injection Drugs
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Tennessee has halted five executions through the end of the year while
an investigation is underway into the state's failure to properly test
its lethal injection drugs. The execution of 72-year-old Oscar Smith was
stopped yesterday - an hour before Smith was scheduled to be killed -
because the drugs hadn't been tested for contaminant endotoxins, which
could trigger respiratory failure or other distressing symptoms if
injected. 


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