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October 7, 2015

Montana Judge Blocks Use of Execution Drug Pentobarbital; Texas Executes Man Using Same Drug 
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In Montana, a judge has blocked the use of the execution drug
pentobarbital, saying it does not comply with a state law requiring an
"ultra-fast acting barbiturate" before a prisoner receives a second,
lethal drug. The move effectively halts executions in Montana unless the
state changes the law or finds a substitute drug. Meanwhile, Texas
executed Juan Martin Garcia Tuesday using the same drug; Garcia was
pronounced dead 12 minutes after the dose of pentobarbital began.