Thirteen States Request Lethal Injection Drug

By Gabe Bullard

Published February 8, 2011 at 6:14 PM EST

Like their counterparts in many states, Kentucky Justice Cabinet officials are having a hard time obtaining a drug needed for lethal injection executions. The AP reports today that thirteen states have asked the U.S. Justice Department for help getting sodium thiopental. ( Kentucky's supply expired in October.) Those states are: Alabama; Colorado; Delaware; Florida; Idaho; Mississippi; Missouri; Nevada; Oregon; Tennessee; Utah; Washington; and Wyoming. Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia and Tennessee are looking to buy the drug from England. Nebraska purchased sodium thiopental from India.

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