Entries tagged with “Bill Mercer”

Feb 13, 2025

Montana House Legislators Defeat Bill that Would Have Broadened Lethal Injection Methods

On January 30, 2025, the Montana House of Representatives reject­ed by a vote of 51 – 49 House Bill 205 (HB 205), which would have mod­i­fied the state’s lethal injec­tion pro­to­col. The bill sought to remove lan­guage in the Montana lethal injec­tion pro­to­col that requires the use of an​“ultra-fast act­ing” drug in com­bi­na­tion with a​“chem­i­cal par­a­lyt­ic agent” and replace it with broad­er ter­mi­nol­o­gy that would allow for the use of any​“sub­stance or sub­stances in a lethal…