Kentucky is dropping its proposed use of a two-drug execution method after the prolonged deaths of inmates in two other states that used a similar means to carry out death sentences, AP reported.
In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors cited 'recent events in other states' as the reason for seeking to rewrite the regulations over the next six months. The move came just less than two months after a judge ordered the state to be prepared to explain how and why it chose the two-drug method and the doses proposed.
Lethal injections have undergone scrutiny in recent years as the drugs used to carry out the process have become tougher for states to get as pharmaceutical companies barred their use for executions. It wasn't immediately clear Friday morning if Kentucky is the first state to drop the two-drug concept without having used it first.