States are looking for new ways of executing prisoners on death row. Their latest idea? Opioids.
Scott Dozier
The state  which last put someone to death in 2006  had planned its first fentanyl-assisted execution for November.  The inmate involved  47-year-old Scott Dozier   was convicted of killing a man in a Las Vegas hotel  cutting  him  into pieces and stealing  his  money.
According to documents obtained by The Washington Post  Nevada's protocol calls for  Dozier  first to receive diazepam - a sedative better known as Valium - and then fentanyl to cause  him  to lose consciousness. Large doses of both would cause a person to stop breathing  according to three anesthesiologists interviewed for this report.
Yet Nevada also plans to inject  Dozier  with a third drug  cisatracurium  to paralyze  his  muscles - a step medical experts say makes the procedure riskier.
A judge postponed  Dozier 's execution last month over concerns about the paralytic  and the case is awaiting review by Nevada's Supreme Court. In the meantime  Nebraska is looking toward a fentanyl-assisted execution as soon as January. Jose Sandoval  the leader of a bank robbery in which five people were killed  would be the first person put to death in that state since 1997.
The state  which last put someone to death in 2006  had planned its first fentanyl-assisted execution for November.   [TGT] was convicted of killing a man in a Las Vegas hotel  cutting   [TGT]   into pieces and stealing   [TGT]   money.
According to documents obtained by The Washington Post  Nevada's protocol calls for  Dozier  first to receive diazepam - a sedative better known as Valium - and then fentanyl to cause   [TGT]   to lose consciousness. Large doses of both would cause a person to stop breathing  according to three anesthesiologists interviewed for this report.
Yet Nevada also plans to inject  Dozier  with a third drug  cisatracurium  to paralyze  his  muscles - a step medical experts say makes the procedure riskier.
A judge postponed  Dozier 's execution last month over concerns about the paralytic  and the case is awaiting review by Nevada's Supreme Court. In the meantime  Nebraska is looking toward a fentanyl-assisted execution as soon as January. Jose Sandoval  the leader of a bank robbery in which five people were killed  would be the first person put to death in that state since 1997.