BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana is replacing a three-chemical lethal injection formula with a single dose of one drug for the execution planned next week of a DeSoto Parish man, according to a lawyer for the state corrections department.
Wade Shows, attorney for the agency, said the lethal injection of Christopher Sepulvado will involve pentobarbital, which is used to kill badly-injured and sick animals.
State corrections officials announced through their attorneys in Baton Rouge federal court Tuesday that they have replaced a three-chemical lethal injection formula with a single dose of pentobarbital.
U.S. District Judge James J. Brady had called a hearing on the three-chemical formula because of concerns over the possibility of agonizing deaths that were raised by attorneys for two death row inmates. One of those inmates is scheduled for execution Feb. 13.
In a related development, a spokesman for Gov. Bobby Jindal said his boss will not grant a request by the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops to postpone that execution until after Ash Wednesday. The bishops also suggested Monday that convicted murderers could be sentenced to non-lethal punishment, such as imprisonment for life.
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