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April 6, 2011

Mississippi switches to new drug for executions

Mississippi switches to new drug for executions Mississippi will switch to a different sedative drug for three executions the state is seeking to carry out in the next month, state Attorney General Jim Hood told Reuters on Tuesday. The state will join several others that have substituted pentobarbital — a sedative often used to euthanize…
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April 6, 2011

CL – Federal fix looms without map plan

Federal fix looms without map plan It’s unclear when lawmakers will go home as the fight continues over how to redraw House and Senate districts to reflect population changes over the last decade. Efforts were afoot Tuesday to maneuver a last-ditch vote on maps in the Republican-controlled Senate, which previously turned down the map drawn…