Postponed Executions Could Mean Constitutional Challenges For Georgia
Georgia State assistant professor of law Lauren Sudeall Lucas joined Rose Scott and Denis O’Hayer to discuss the legal issues regarding Georgia’s execution drug.
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This past Monday the scheduled execution of Georgia death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner was postponed.
Officials with the Georgia department of corrections noticed the execution drug was “cloudy.”
According to the department they are obtaining an “appropriate analysis of the drugs.”
Another execution scheduled for March 10 has also been postponed.
The state uses pentobarbital, a one-drug protocol for executions.
There have been constitutional challenges to the law that protects the lethal drug maker and from where it’s procured.
Each time the state has prevailed.
But will this latest incident present any new constitutional challenges?
Lauren Sudeall Lucas, a Georgia State University assistant professor of law, joined Rose Scott and Denis O’Hayer to discuss the possible constitutional challenges regarding Georgia’s execution drug.
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