Arizona Says It Has Run Out Of Drugs For Executions

Arizona has run out of execution drugs, including a sedative implicated in botched lethal injections, according to a filing on Friday in a court case challenging the U.S. state's execution methods. The Arizona Department of Corrections' supply of midazolam, a sedative, expired on May 31 and it has not been able to replace it, state lawyers said in the filing in Phoenix's U.S. District Court.

"What is more, the Department's source of midazolam has vanished under pressure from death penalty opponents," the court document said.