LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Amid a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug, documents obtained under a freedom of information request show two pharmaceutical companies declined to sell Kentucky a supply ...

(CBS/AP) FRANKFORT, Ky. - The state of Kentucky has turned over its supply of sodium thiopental, a key lethal injection drug, to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, officials said Friday.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Amid a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug, documents obtained under a freedom of information request show two pharmaceutical companies declined to sell ...