States will persist in efforts to get drugs for executions, says Law’s Michael Benza

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The Plain DealerMichael Benza, senior instructor in law, discussed states’ approaches to the acquisition of drugs for executions. “States are willing to go to extraordinary means to get drugs for executions,” he said. “And as states struggle to find the drugs, they will try new and novel approaches to get them.”