U.S. | Federal Execution-Drug Supplier Says It Will No Longer Produce Pentobarbital for Executions
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Connecticut-based company Absolute Standards, which was identified as the source of lethal injection drugs used in 13 federal executions in 2020 and 2021, has said it will no longer produce the drug used in executions—pentobarbital.