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Less than two weeks from the year's first execution, Missouri's Department of Corrections refuses to comment on how they plan to do it. |
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Wrap: Convicted killer Allen Nicklasson is set to die October 23rd in Missouri's first execution using the drug propofol.
After manufacturers demanded batches of the drug, the Department of Corrections will not answer if there is enough for the executions.
Nicklasson's attorney is John Simon.
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| Description: "I can definitely say that they have enough propofol to carry out the executions that are currently scheduled." | |
Nicklasson is pursuing a stay of execution.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Christina Turner.
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The Missouri Department of Corrections is refusing to say what's going on with a drug they plan to use for executions. |
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Wrap: The day after European manufacturers demanded back batches of a drug called propofol, the Missouri Department of Corrections will not say if they have enough left to carry out scheduled executions.
Missouri's ACLU Legal Director Tony Rothert says Missouri's courts have not explicitly determined if propofol is constitutional for executions because it can cause extreme pain.
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| Description: The question of whether or not this method of executing people is constitutional won't be decided until it's already been used to kill people if the execution goes forward. | |
Convicted murderer Allen Nicklasson is set to die October 23rd in Missouri's first execution using propofol.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Christina Turner.