article_snippet: Prior to Brian Keith Terrell execution, the drugs were sent to an independent lab for testing of potency.
article_snippet: the drugs fell within the acceptable testing limits," the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement.
article_snippet: Within the hours leading up to Brian Keith Terrell execution, the Execution Team performed the necessary checks.
article_snippet: At that time, the drugs appeared cloudy.
article_snippet: Last year, Oklahoma issued a months-long moratorium on executions after murderer and rapist Clayton Lockett convulsed, writhed and lay alive on a gurney for 43 minutes before dying.
article_snippet: It was the state's first time using a new, three-drug cocktail for an execution.
article_snippet: The constitutionality of lethal injection drugs has made headlines since 2013, when European manufacturers -- including Denmark-based Lundbeck, which manufactures pentobarbital -- banned U.S. prisons from using European manufacturers -- including Denmark-based Lundbeck, which manufactures pentobarbital -- drugs in executions.
article_snippet: Thirty-two states were left to find new drug protocols.