{"id":128434,"date":"2015-10-25T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/25\/we-had-to-break-the-law-in-order-to-kill-people-who-had-broken-it.html"},"modified":"2015-11-05T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T17:42:20","slug":"we-had-to-break-the-law-in-order-to-kill-people-who-had-broken-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/25\/we-had-to-break-the-law-in-order-to-kill-people-who-had-broken-it.html","title":{"rendered":"We had to break the law in order to kill people who had broken it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because illegally importing drugs in secret in order to execute people is just what America stands for, right?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/oct\/23\/death-penalty-states-drugs-illegal-sodium-thiopental'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/KeXGwsmwrddnIfGaiLctMUVaovG_uY21r-9aSXEXNXnZ0yOku2KfdqrN2T2Lm_b4LjQp0BQHSFrq3feCh-d5wioJJdB_Xhb2Zu4LLt-quT1h6PvCWFLwOSTkFJf2_6ED5JKHSFTZCeOPCwpLtQ-2Vt7eN1UtSK6U2qvViSiu6DWwKdkToeU6kkNhqOLtQiOti0f6puO-BTix43PvZWeGK8JwRYVINrREne7Tys_Bhm0nyphQv0u8jdrnGDPA_0S4hf40vkP9X3gUdpYEqq5nRw6_n5AQsV2G41Fk4Uo-9JWURUIIj1sxbMih=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/oct\/23\/death-penalty-states-drugs-illegal-sodium-thiopental'>Death penalty states illegally imported drugs for executions despite warnings<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nStates are locked in legal battle with the federal government after regulators intercepted illegally imported anesthetics to be used in lethal injections\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/7aaVuFZzisr'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because illegally importing drugs in secret in order to execute people is just what America stands for, right? 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