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CT weighs barring state companies from aiding in executions

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A decade after Connecticut emptied its death row, state lawmakers are again tinkering with the machinery of death, responding with seriousness to comic John Oliver’s surprising disclosure about a state manufacturer’s role in the secretive world of government executions elsewhere in the U.S. Absolute Standards Inc. of Hamden was identified last spring on Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” as the source of pentobarbital used by the U.S. Bureau of Prison…

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CT weighs barring state companies from aiding in executions

A decade after Connecticut emptied its death row, state lawmakers are again tinkering with the machinery of death, responding with seriousness to comic John Oliver’s surprising disclosure about a state manufacturer’s role in the secretive world of government executions elsewhere in the U.S. Absolute Standards Inc. of Hamden was identified last spring on Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” as the source of pentobarbital used by the U.S. Bureau of Prison…

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CT death penalty opponents call for ban on execution drug, device production

The Connecticut State Capitol building.(Molly Ingram / WSHU)Connecticut death penalty opponents want lawmakers to bar corporations in the state from making drugs or devices used in executions.The state abolished the death penalty in 2012.The move is in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order expanding the death penalty.There's widespread industry support to stop distributing drugs and medical devices used for executions, Bianca Tyle…

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Bill would ban CT companies from providing death penalty drugs to feds, other states

“It is unacceptable that a company in our state would violate the wishes of its neighbors and help carry out executions for other jurisdictions,” said one legislative champion.

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Connecticut Public broke the news in on Monday, February 10, 2025.
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