The main drug used in the supposedly more humane method of execution known as 'lethal injection' is no longer going to be produced in the U.S., which will likely delay or cancel executions for a while until an alternative drug combination can be designed. The U.S. is one of the last developed countries and only western one to use the death penalty, and is the in the top 5 five countries using the practice, behind China, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.
Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/death-penalty-drug-discontinued/reprieve/
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