USA - Nebraska. The Nebraska Supreme Court stayed the June 14 execution of Carey Dean Moore, 53, white, over the quality of Sodium Thiopental from India.

The Nebraska Supreme Court stayed the June 14 execution of Carey Dean Moore, 53, white, over the quality of Sodium Thiopental from India. Moore argues that the sodium thiopental that Nebraska purchased from a Mumbai company fails to comply with U.S. pharmaceutical standards. “We don’t know whether the drug is any good or not, because it was not manufactured in compliance with American pharmaceutical standards. And you can’t test anyone without breaking the law,” said Jerry Soucie, Moore’s attorney. It is unclear how long resolving Moore’s latest appeals will take, though the case could return to the Nebraska Supreme Court — and eventually end up in federal court. Moore was convicted in the 1979 execution-style slayings of 2 cabdrivers: Reuel Van Ness Jr. and Maynard Helgeland, both 47. Moore shot and killed them for $140, which he used to buy drugs. Nebraska purchased about 500 vials from the Indian company in January. (see also Jan. 21 and Apr. 21, 2011).