Since European companies started refusing to sell legal execution drugs several years ago, death penalty states, including Arizona, have struggled to obtain the legal execution drugs. Officials in the Grand Canyon State paid almost $27,000 for the seized sodium thiopental. The AP learned of the drug purchase and seizure from documents released as part of a lawsuit against the Arizona corrections department over transparency in executions.
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