Drug shortage hits executions in US
Executions in the US have been postponed because of a shortage of one of the drugs used in lethal injections.
Several of the 35 states that inject are either rushing to find sodium thiopental – an anaesthetic that makes the condemned inmate unconscious – or considering using another drug.
California said the shortage will force it to stop executions on Friday, three hours after an inmate is scheduled to die, when its stock expires.