You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Danish Firm Protests Drug Use in Florida Execution

HeadlineSep 28, 2011

A Danish drug company is protesting the planned use of one its anesthetics in an execution set for tonight in Florida. In a letter to Florida Governor Rick Scott, the company Lundbeck says it is “adamant” in its opposition to use of the drug pentobarbital in the execution of Cuban national Manuel Valle. Doctors and experts have warned pentobarbital is untested and could cause extreme suffering on death row prisoners as they are killed.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top