DEATH PENALTY: D’ELIA ON HOSPIRA CLARIFICATION, “NO GUARANTEE THAT PENTOTAL PRODUCED IN ITALY WON'T BE USED FOR LETHAL INJECTION

December 2, 2010: Daniel Rosenberg, manager of Hospira in Lake Forest (Illinois), confirmed in a communique that the company “is evaluating if there are practical solutions to ensure that the drug would only be used in medically authorised procedures.” In reply, Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D’Elia said that “this is not a very certain guarantee that Pentotal will not end up being used in lethal injection protocols.”
According to D’Elia, “for years Hospira based in Illinois was exclusively providing the anaesthetic for lethal injection. After Hospira in Liscate revealed the chain of production in America, the Pentotal produced in Italy could be used to kill people in the United States.” “What does ‘medically authorised procedure’ mean? The lethal injection is legal and authorised in the USA. Does this mean that the part of the execution protocols that provide for the sedation of the condemned is a medically authorised procedure?” (Sources: HOC, 02/12/2010)