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New Mexico, New York and New Jersey all abolished capital punishment since 2007

National shortage of anaesthetic sodium thiopental has affected executions in several U.S. states

15 states in the U.S. no longer have death penalty

FDA has insisted its remit does not extend to drugs used in lethal injections

Illinois could become the third U.S. state to abolish capital punishment in the last three years after its senate narrowly voted to end the practice.

The historic decision will put state-sponsored execution back at the centre of national debate more than a decade after a former governor halted the punishment because he was 'haunted by the demon of error'.

It comes after documents revealed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quietly helped two states - Arizona and California - to obtain a scarce type of anaesthetic from Britain so executions could still be carried out.

Illinois has removed 20 wrongly condemned people from death row since 1987 and executed 12 people in the last 30 years.

The senate voted 32-25 in favour of ending executions and the decision will now be sent to Governor Pat Quinn for final approval.

Senator Kwame Raoul, a Chicago Democrat who sponsored the measure, said: 'We have a historic opportunity today, an opportunity to part company with countries that are the worst civil rights violators and join the civilised world by ending this practice of putting to death innocent people.'

Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, described the move as 'significant'.

He said: 'This is a state in which this was used and then stopped, it was debated for years, fixed - or reformed - and finally there was a resolution by just getting rid of it, so that's about as thorough a process as any state could do.'

Mr Quinn, who is already embroiled in debate over a massive tax increase, has not said whether he will pass the legislation.

He supports the death penalty, but said he would not lift the moratorium on executions imposed in 2000 by then governor George Ryan until he was sure the system worked.

Law enforcement officials have argued that prosecutors need the threat of death to get guilty pleas from suspects who opt for life in prison.

They said allowing police and state lawyers to continue seeking the death penalty would make them more willing to accept reforms of how crimes are investigated and prosecuted.

Senator Bill Haine said: 'It's not a question of vengeance. It's a question of the people being outraged at such terrible crimes, such bloodletting.'

If passed, Illinois would join 15 states and the District of Columbia in ending capital punishment. New Jersey, New Mexico and New York have all ended the practice since 2007.

A shortage of sodium thiopental - an anaesthetic used in lethal injection executions - has delayed several death penalties in the U.S.

Most state prison systems use the drug to put inmates to sleep before pancuronium bromide - a paralysing agent - and potassium chloride, which stops the heart, are also given.

The drug has been in short supply since spring after the sole American manufacturer, Hospira Inc, was unable to make more due to supplier issues.

After Arizona officials explained their need, an FDA official recommended a shipment of the drug 'be processed expeditiously to us as it was for the purpose of executions and not for use by the general public'.

The information is contained in an email from an Arizona prison official to the California prisons agency obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Natasha Minsker, death penalty policy director at the ACLU, said: 'The FDA is actively assisting these states, but they're not enforcing the law, and they're not doing anything to determine that the drugs are what they're claimed to be and that they work properly.'

The FDA has previously maintained that it has nothing to do with drugs used in executions.

A lawsuit in Arizona is challenging the use of drugs from overseas, claiming they could be sub-standard and could lead to botched executions.

By law, the FDA is required to assure the safety and effectiveness of drugs imported for medical purposes.

But agency officials maintain that its oversight does not extend to drugs for executions.

Spokesman Christopher Kelly said: 'Reviewing substances imported or used for the purpose of state-authorised lethal injection clearly falls outside of FDA's explicit public health role.'

Last month, Oklahoma became the first state to execute a death row inmate using a sedative commonly used to euthanise animals.

John David Duty, 58, died at Oklahoma State Penitentiary on December 16. He was sentenced to death after killing a fellow inmate while serving a prison sentence for robbery and rape.

And last week, British pharmaceutical company Dream Pharma was revealed to be the company which supplied sodium thiopental to Arizona for executions.

A freedom of information request in the U.S. revealed that the company, run by Mehdi Alavi from the Elgone Driving Academy in Acton, London, sold the drugs for £4,253.

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Illinois votes to abolish death penalty as documents reveal FDA stepped in to secure lethal injection drug from Britain

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New Mexico, New York and New Jersey all abolished capital punishment since 2007 National shortage of anaesthetic sodium thiopental has affected executions in several U.S. states 15 states in the U.S. no longer have death penalty FDA has insisted its remit does not extend to drugs used in lethal injections Illinois could become the third U.S.

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This is the Giver. I can read your thoughts. I remember this being confusing for me when I was young, but you should not be thinking un-normal thoughts. You need to fit in!

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Of course we should. How else would you choose the right one?

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Don't you need to be more secret about this?!

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Ceremony of the Twelves commences tomorrow. Aren't you all happy we're the same?

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That's the way it should be. Understand that.

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Why do you want people to know you??? You need to fit in.

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Soooo... basically my family is perfect, but we have no choices. No one here thinks that's weird. --feeling like everyone else

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Aye, what's up yall. I'm new to Utopibook, so add me. #perfect

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*private* O.M.G. I got a memory today of something called love... so weird. I never felt anything like that. It was good at first, like moms & dads had love for each other, but then sometimes it would break up and that was PAINFUL! --feeling emotional

*shared with just me*

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Do y'all really think we should have to apply to have kids or spouses?... idk. --feeling confused

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I got Receiver of Memories. The last time anyone had this assignment was 70 years ago. --feeling special

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We're turning 12 tomorrow. Hit up my party. I hope I get a good Assignment \o/ --feeling live, yet anxious

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I Tried Lyrics: Bone Thugs, Akon, yeah / You know, don't nothin' come easy / You gotta try real real hard / I've tried hard / But I guess I gotta try harder / I've tried so hard / I can't seem to

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Age: 11

Gender: M

From: Community

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Stay True to Your Heart

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Stay True to Your Heart

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by Joshua M