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Execution Halted

Plans to execute a twice-convicted killer who wants to die rather than spend his life in prison stalled Wednesday after a Nevada judge indefinitely delayed the execution over a pharmaceutical company’s objections to the use of one of its drugs to put someone to death.

LAS VEGAS – Plans to execute a twice-convicted killer who wants to die rather than spend his life in prison stalled Wednesday after a Nevada judge indefinitely delayed the execution over a pharmaceutical company’s objections to the use of one of its drugs to put someone to death.

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