Georgia Suspends Executions Over Drug Concerns

The Washington Post, Portland Press Herald
Tue, 03/03/2015 - 8:00pm

Officials in Georgia announced Tuesday that the state was indefinitely suspending executions while it tests the drugs that it had planned to use in an execution on Monday night. The decision came a day after Georgia called off the execution of Kelly Renee Gissendaner, the only woman on the state’s death row, several hours after it was set to take place.

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