Nebraska Carries Out 1st Execution Using Fentanyl In U.S.
A federal three-judge panel denied a drug company's request to halt the execution of Carey Dean Moore over concerns about whether the state obtained the drugs improperly.
Updated at 1:20 p.m. ET
Nebraska has executed its first prisoner since 1997, after a federal three-judge panel denied a drug company's request to halt the lethal injection over concerns about whether the drugs were obtained improperly by the state.
Tuesday morning's execution of Carey Dean Moore is also the first time the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl had been used in a lethal injection in the U.S.
Moore, who has been in prison after he was convicted in the murdersnot put up a legal challenge to the execution protocol. He had seven other execution dates before this one.
