The Arizona Supreme Court is ordering that death row inmate Jeffrey Landrigan be executed on Oct. 26 in what would be Arizona's first execution since 2007.
But a state prosecutor says he's not "overly optimistic" that the Corrections Department will be able to obtain one of the three necessary drugs because of a national shortage.
The Supreme Court issued an execution warrant for Landrigan on Wednesday, one day after the justices granted the state's request for a warrant and denied a request by Landrigan's lawyers to hold off on issuing a warrant.
Landrigan was sentenced to death for the 1989 stabbing and strangulation of Chester Dyer of Phoenix.
ofuque2 posted at 9:23 pm on Wed, Sep 22, 2010.
Why not just OD these guys on some of the illegal drugs that are seized? I hear that it is VERY humane. You just go to sleep and never wake up AND it saves the taxpayers the money being spent for overpriced euthanasia drug combos.