States can still use the sedative drug midazolam in lethal injections, according to today's Supreme Court decision. But how exactly does the drug work, and why do some say that it's unreliable? In a 5 ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - One week before executions are scheduled to begin, a new trial began Monday, which could be the last, best hope for the seven men who are scheduled to die later this month.
House on fire? No worry. Sabre-toothed tiger chasing you? Big deal. Major surgery scheduled? Yawn. Fortunately for mankind (or at least most of us), there’s a sedative called Versed — and it relaxes ...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma. The justices agreed Friday ...
Arkansas has been at the center of a controversial legal battle because of its plan to try and speed up inmate executions before its supply of the drug midazolam expires. The sedative, one of the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma. The justices agreed ...
The drab curtains rose slowly over the unfolding scene, where behind thick glass, Darius Kimbrough was already strapped to a gurney with IV needles stuck into his arms. His face was peeking out from ...
A federal judge in Ohio ruled on Jan. 26 that midazolam — the first injection drug used in the state's three-injection drug protocol for executions — violates death row inmates' Eighth Amendment right ...
Why a lawsuit wants to outlaw the use of midazolam in lethal injections. — -- The U.S. Supreme Court is again grappling with the death penalty by examining the effectiveness of the drugs used to ...
Proximagen announced promising data from the pivotal Phase 3 trial of USL261 (intranasal midazolam) for the rescue treatment of seizure clusters. The primary efficacy endpoint was treatment success, ...
A lawyer for an executed Arkansas inmate called for an investigation over reports that his client convulsed during the lethal-injection process – casting fresh questions about a sedative that critics ...