Death Row Inmates Catch a Break as Lethal Drugs Run Out 6.40K Jeff Neumann 09/04/10 04:26PM Filed to: Reprieves Reprieves Prison Death Row executions Texas Good news for death row inmates: The company that produces one of the three drugs used in lethal injections, sodium thiopental, has run out until next year. Well, except for Gregory Wilson, who will get Kentucky's last dose this month.