VIETNAM READY FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS: CHIEF JUDGE

from November 1, condemned prisoners in Vietnam will be executed by lethal injections, Bui Hoang Danh, chief judge of Ho Chi Minh City’s Court, told Tuoi Tre. The condemned offenders will be injected lethal drugs by an automatic machine. According to the rules, three drugs will be used - sodium thiopental for anesthesis, pancuronium bromide to paralyze the nervous system and muscles, and potassium chloride to stop the heart. Relatives or legal representatives of the prisoners will not be allowed to claim the bodies to have them buried.