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Latest News | 11 July 2012

As Death Penalty Opponents Target Drug Supply Regulations, States Move to New Methods

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US states are facing the prospect of losing further access to the execution drug propofol after the UK’s business secretary announced his intent to publish new export controls aimed at banning the Read More...


Latest News | 29 May 2012

Judge's Order Banning Enforcement Discretion Appealed by FDA

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has appealed a decision issued in March 2012 by US District Court Judge Richard Leon, who said the agency erred in allowing a drug commonly used in Read More...


Latest News | 22 May 2012

States to FDA: Appeal Enforcement Discretion Decision

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A group of 15 states is calling on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to appeal a Judge’s decision in a lawsuit against both FDA and the states’ ability Read More...


Latest News | 23 April 2012

Nebraska Raises Stakes in Battle With FDA, Won't Surrender Supply of Controversial Drug

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The state of Nebraska, engaged in an ongoing battle with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its supply of an controversial anesthetic drug used in executions, confirmed it will defy an FDA Read More...


Latest News | 18 April 2012

FDA, South Dakota in Tussle Over Regulation of Lethal Injection Drug

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently embroiled in an escalating fight with South Dakota’s government over the regulatory quality—and legal status—of a drug intended to be used to put Read More...


Latest News | 28 March 2012

Court Bars FDA from Importing Drug Used in Death Penalty

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A US District Court judge this week barred the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from importing an anesthetic drug used in executions, saying FDA’s use of enforcement discretion was “callous” and Read More...


Latest News | 10 February 2012

Inmates Sue Agency to Stop Import of Drugs

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Death row inmates incarcerated in Tennessee, Arizona and California argued on 9 February that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is breaking the law by allowing the importation of sodium Read More...


Latest News | 10 January 2012

Import Regulations Used as Delaying Tactic in Nebraska Execution Case

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The state of Nebraska was the epicenter of a convergence between US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) import regulations and death penalty politics on 9 Read More...


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