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Globe and MailAnalysis · Oct 1, 3:21 PM
What to know about pentobarbital, the drug used in the failed execution in Tennessee
It is a barbiturate, a class of drugs that depresses the central nervous system
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What to know about pentobarbital, the drug used in the failed execution in Tennessee
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What happened It is a barbiturate, a class of drugs that depresses the central nervous system.
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The Washington TimesNews report · Oct 1, 2:58 PM
What is pentobarbital, the drug in Tennessee's failed execution?
Tennessee officials could not carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday after giving her two doses of pentobarbital, putting a drug long used in medicine, and increasingly i...
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