The manufacturer of one of the drugs that Virginia officials plan to use to execute a death row inmate this week says it demanded that the state return the drugs when it learned of their intended use. Documents obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request show that Virginia plans to use rocuronium bromide manufactured by Mylan to execute Alfredo Prieto on Thursday. Attorneys for a death row inmate in Virginia are seeking to halt his execution by challenging the state's use of lethal injection drugs obtained from Texas. The 49-year-old was on death row in California for raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl when DNA evidence linked him to the 1988 slaying of a young couple in Virginia. Attorneys are asking the U.S.
The Latest: Court Hearing On Virginia Execution Is Canceled
By The Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: World
Wed, 09/30/2015 - 6:09pm
Topics: documents the associated press freedom information act alfredo prieto texas u.s supreme court federal public defender hilary potashner virginia the prieto attorneys california dna execution death row drugs girl execute slaying inmate raping murdering state obtained halt linked evidence couple intellectually disabled young
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