pentobarbital

Lawmakers and activists opposed to the death penalty say Hamden, Connecticut-based chemical supplier Absolute Standards, Inc., sold pentobarbital to the first Trump administration for 13 lethal injections in 2020 and 2021.

The information was released to the Indiana Capital Chronicle amid an ongoing lawsuit over public records.

Lawmakers in Connecticut want to ban state companies from profiting off drugs used in federal executions, all of which are carried out in Indiana.

A Republican-authored bill to abolish — or at least alter — Indiana’s death penalty law is gaining traction.

The state has not disclosed how much it paid to acquire pentobarbital, the drug used in the recent execution of convicted killer Joseph Corcoran.

Outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland’s order cited reports of autopsies on executed prisoners that showed, in many cases, signs of a potentially excruciating condition in which blood flows into the lungs.

“He cannot distinguish between reality and his delusions and hallucinations — his delusions are his reality.”

Indiana’s approach to witnesses puts the state in the minority.

The Indiana Capital Chronicle had requested information from state officials about the drug expected to be used in at least one upcoming scheduled execution.

The Indiana Supreme Court set a Dec. 18 execution date for a Joseph Corcoran, who was convicted in a 1997 quadruple homicide.