PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona attorney general says the state has found a compounding pharmacist to prepare the drug pentobarbital for lethal injections, moving the state closer to resuming executions after a six-year hiatus.
Finding a pharmacist to prepare lethal injections was one of the barriers the state faced since it put executions on hold after a botched execution in 2014.
In August, Attorney General Mark Brnovich revealed the state had located a supplier of the drug.
Brnovich is now urging Gov. Doug Ducey to get the state to buy the drug and hire a pharmacist.
Twenty of Arizona's 116 death-row inmates have exhausted all appeals of their sentences.
