Execution Drug Shortage?  SF Chronicle writer Kevin Fagan reports that the California Department of Corrections has run out of the anesthesia used to euthanize condemned murderers. As noted in a earlier post yesterday, the state's current supply of sodium pentothal will reach its expiration date Friday, and the manufacturer will be unable to provide fresh doses until early next year.  If the drug expires before the current stay of execution is lifted for rapist/murderer Albert Greenwood Brown, he could avoid his sentence for several additional months.  Alternatives are available according to CJLF President Mike Rushford who said "there are other drugs that could be used, such as morphine.  Of course if we switched to another drug at this point, I fear that the jackels would start screaming that we have to do an entire administrative review all over again."

Pot Farmer Sues Landlord Over Stolen Marijuana Crop:  Gary Hite, a Southern California pot farmer, is suing his landlord because his $35,000 indoor marijuana crop was stolen during a break-in.  Hite, claiming he was growing the marijuana for medical purposes, filed the Riverside County lawsuit against Hunco Way LLC claiming negligence and breach of contract.  The Superior Court suit alleges the landlord failed to fix a broken door and lock after a previous break-in in a neighboring unit.  Police say Hite's operation was illegal and he has been cited for various code violations.  The San Francisco Chronicle has the story here.