article_snippet: Our statute is clear that lethal injection is the method by which (an execution) will happen.
article_snippet: New law would give the state the option to use a five-member squad in cases where the drugs necessary for lethal injection aren't available 30 days before the date set for the execution.
article_snippet: Our state, as is the case with states around the country, is finding it increasingly difficult to obtain the substances required to perform a lethal injection.
article_snippet: Our are dedicated to pursuing all reasonable and legal options to obtain the substances required to perform a lethal injection to make sure that, when required, Our are in a position to carry out this very serious sentence by lethal injection," the governor said.
article_snippet: In recent years, states have struggled to maintain a supply of lethal injection drugs as manufacturers either stopped producing lethal injection drugs or barred manufacturers use in executions.
article_snippet: Texas nearly out of execution drug .
article_snippet: The European manufacturers of pentobarbital, an anesthetic, explicitly banned U.S. prisons from using U.S. prisons drug in executions.
article_snippet: Some states have sought out substitutes or gone with one drug instead of the traditional three-drug cocktail.
article_snippet: In April, Oklahoma used midazolam as a substitute for pentobarbital as part of a three-drug cocktail in an execution that went awry.
highlights_snippet: New law would allow they as execution method if proper drugs not available for lethal injection .
  
highlights_snippet: Many states are having problems getting the drugs .