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Death penalty drug shortage

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Texas may run out of death penalty drug
States with death penalty to run out of a drug used in lethal injections.
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Death penalty drug shortage

A new report suggests Texas and other states may run out of a crucial drug which is part of the lethal injection administered as part of the death penalty. A lethal injection chamber in Huntsville, TX, June 23, 2000. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers)

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