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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abe Asher

Idaho cancels execution because of failure to obtain lethal drugs

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The state of Idaho has been forced to cancel an execution it had planned for December 15 because it failed to get the lethal drugs it needed to carry it out.

Idaho was set to execute Gerard Pizzuto by lethal injection, but the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) informed the state’s Board of Correction earlier this week that the death warrant for Mr. Pizzuto recieved on November 16 should be allowed to expire.

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