Virginia lawmakers to weigh lethal injection drug secrecy
Source: Associated Press
Virginia lawmakers to weigh lethal injection drug secrecy
Updated 5:53 am, Wednesday, April 20, 2016
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are set to consider Gov. Terry McAuliffe's proposal to shield the identities of pharmacies that supply lethal injection drugs for executions.
The General Assembly returns Wednesday to consider McAuliffe's proposal, which replaces a bill that sought to allow the state to use the electric chair when drugs aren't available. It's among several items on lawmakers' agenda.
Several states have adopted secrecy laws in an effort to make the drugs easier to obtain by protecting suppliers from critics.
McAuliffe says without the law, Virginia won't be able to obtain drugs and executions will grind to a halt. He says he'll veto the electric chair bill if lawmakers don't accept his changes.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Virginia-lawmakers-to-weigh-lethal-injection-drug-7259269.php
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they want to hide and shield the drug companies..............
Hell lets hide and shield the makers of defective air bags...............
Better yet lets hide and shield the people that are polluting the water and poisoning us-------------oh yeah they already are trying that experiment in some states like Michigan for starters..................
Hell lets just do it for everything............................
Honk-----------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
