Most of the 35 states with capital punishment have run out of a key lethal injection drug or will soon, according to an Associated Press review. And in many places, switching to another drug could prove a difficult, drawn-out process fraught with legal challenges from death row that could put executions on hold.
Shortage of execution drug widespread in US
Friday, January 28, 2011 | 4:07 p.m. CST;
updated 12:55 p.m. CDT, Friday, April 22, 2011
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