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Death penalty states urged to release stockpiled drugs for Covid-19 patients
Top health experts sign letter saying badly needed medications used in lethal injections ‘could save the lives of hundreds’
Death penalty states in the US are stockpiling medicines for lethal injections that could save the lives of hundreds of coronavirus patients were they released for medical use.
- Ed Pilkington
- The Guardian
A group of prominent medical practitioners and experts has issued an appeal to capital punishment states to release their stocks of essential sedatives and…
The drugs are among the most sought after in hospital intensive care units around…