Entries tagged with “Jose Sandoval”
Executions
Nov 10, 2017
Nebraska Proposes Untried Lethal-Injection Combination as Nevada Court Halts Execution With Similar Drugs
As Nebraska announced its intention to use a never-before-tried four-drug execution combination featuring the opiod pain medication fentanyl and the paralytic drug cisatracurium, a Nevada judge issued a stay of execution that put off the nation’s first attempted execution using those drugs. On November 9, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services provided notice to death-row prisoner Jose Sandoval that it intends to execute him using a combination of the drugs diazepam (Valium)…