$200,000 Spent on Lethal Injection Drugs in Idaho Since 2023 Now Unusable | Death Penalty Information Center

$200,000 Spent on Lethal Injection Drugs in Idaho Since 2023 Now Unusable | Death Penalty Information Center

The Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) has admit­ted to spend­ing $200,000 on lethal injec­tion exe­cu­tion drugs since 2023, all of which have since expired with­out use. Josh Tewalt, the for­mer direc­tor of IDOC said in recent court fil­ings that the drugs in IDOC’s pos­ses­sion expired because of repeat­ed delays asso­ci­at­ed with sched­ul­ing an exe­cu­tion. Sanda Kuzeta-Cerimagic, an IDOC spokesper­son, told the *Idaho Statesman* that…