LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says she will need a few days to decide whether three drugmakers' products can be used in an execution the companies say they don't want any part of.
Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez said after hearings ended Monday that she hopes to issue her ruling by Friday.
That's the same day the state Supreme Court plans oral arguments on a bid by the state to reschedule the twice-postponed lethal injection of an inmate who says he wants to die.
The companies argue that prison officials deceived them and improperly obtained a sedative, the powerful opioid fentanyl, and a paralyzing drug for the planned execution.
State attorneys argue the drugs were obtained lawfully through a third-party supplier and the companies have no right to try to control how they are used.