That's the title of a news article posted at the Tennessean by Brian Haas.
No death row inmates are scheduled to die in Tennessee anytime soon.
The state’s entire stock of a key lethal injection drug has been confiscated by the federal government amid questions about whether it was legally obtained and the state hasn’t yet figured out how — or when — it plans to execute inmates in the future.
But Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Derrick Schofield said the state’s lethal injection protocol is a top priority and he is pursuing alternative drugs. He declined to detail exactly what options he was considering, but other states have turned to an alternative drug used in animal euthanasia.
And:
Eighty-four people sit on Tennessee’s death row, 67 have been there for more than 10 years. For death penalty opponents, the sudden shortage in 2011 of the anesthetic sodium thiopental has been a godsend.
Five states in recent years decided it was easier and cheaper to do away with their death penalties than to keep them. And, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, the nation tied 2011 for having the second-fewest number of new death penalty convictions since 1976.
Earlier coverage of Tennessee lethal injection issues begins at the link. Related posts are in the lethal injection index.
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