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,Aug 18, 2017
Arkansas, Nevada Obtain New Supplies of Drugs, Plan to Carry Out Two Questionable Executions
The states of Arkansas and Nevada have announced that they have obtained new supplies of execution drugs that will permit them to carry out two executions in what critics have called questionable…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Oct 01, 2018
Finding “Bad Faith,” Judge Grants Injunction Preventing Nevada From Using Drug in Execution
Finding that the Nevada Department of Corrections acted in “bad faith” to obtain the drug midazolam through “subterfuge,” a Las Vegas trial court has issued a preliminary injunction barring the state from using its supply of that drug in carrying out any execution. The 43-page ruling issued by Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez (pictured) on September 28, 2018 effectively freezes efforts by Nevada prosecutors to execute Scott Dozier, who has waived his…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,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…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Jul 12, 2018
Nevada Execution Halted On Claims State Obtained Execution Drug Through “Subterfuge”
In response to a lawsuit filed by pharmaceutical manufacturer Alvogen, Inc., a Clark County, Nevada District Judge has stayed the July 11, 2018, execution of Scott Dozier and issued a temporary restraining order barring Nevada from using drugs produced by Alvogen to execute…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Dec 13, 2017
Nevada Says Fentanyl Was Easy to Obtain, But Execution Protocol Draws Criticism from Doctors, Legal Experts
As U.S. pharmaceutical companies have strengthened distribution controls on their medicines to prevent their use in executions, states have been changing their execution protocols in search of new or more readily available drugs. That search has led Nebraska and Nevada to build their execution protocols around fentanyl—the drug known for its role in the current opioid crisis in America — and the paralytic cisatracurium, which…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Apr 07, 2020
News Brief — Drugmakers Drop Lawsuit as Nevada Returns Unused Execution Drugs
NEWS (4/7/20) — Nevada: A trial-court judge in Las Vegas has dismissed a lawsuit filed by drugmakers against the Nevada prison system after state officials agreed to return unused drugs it had obtained under false pretenses in a failed attempt to execute Scott Dozier in 2018. Pharmaceutical companies Alvogen, Inc., Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA, and Sandoz Inc. reached a settlement with the state in which Nevada agreed to give back the drugs, which have expired, in exchange for a…
Executions
Lethal Injection
,Jan 07, 2019
Scott Dozier, Who Unsuccessfully Tried to Force Nevada to Execute Him, Dead of Apparent Suicide
Nevada death-row prisoner Scott Dozier (pictured), who unsuccessfully tried to force the state to execute him, was found dead in his prison cell on January 5, 2019 of an apparent suicide. News reports indicated that Dozier had hanged himself. Dozier had told the court and several reporters that he would rather die than spend life in prison and had attempted to speed up his execution by dropping his appeals. However, his prior suicide attempt raised questions…