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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

South Carolina obtains drugs to carry out executions by lethal injection after 12-year pause

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South Carolina officials say the state has obtained drugs to carry out executions by lethal injections after a pause of 12 years.

The state went more than a decade without being able to buy the necessary drugs from pharmaceutical companies and has not carried out an execution since 2011.

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