Criminal
May 30, 2012
California refuses to turn over death penalty drug to FDA
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is refusing a request by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to turn over a key drug in its so-called lethal injection "cocktail."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is refusing a request by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to turn over a key drug in its so-called lethal injection "cocktail."
In a May 1 letter, the general counsel for CDCR wrote that the agency "is unable to acquiesce to the FDA's request."
The FDA had sought the return of sodium thiopental in light o...
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