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In reversal, Texas Supreme Court accepts execution drug appeal

FOIFT2018-10-22T17:34:51-05:00

By Chuck Lindell Austin American-Statesman Originally published Oct. 19, 2018 The Texas Supreme Court has announced that it will review a lower court decision that required prison officials to identify the pharmacy that supplied the state with execution drugs under a 2014 legal challenge. The state’s highest civil court had rejected the case in June but reversed itself Friday — a rarely granted move that came after lawyers for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the effort to unmask the pharmacy was an attack on the death penalty that will jeopardize the continued availability of lethal-injection drugs. Once identified, pharmacies [...]

In reversal, Texas Supreme Court accepts execution drug appealFOIFT2018-10-22T17:34:51-05:00

Texas prison system stalls release of public information on executions

FOIFT2018-02-15T14:08:16-06:00

By Jolie McCullough The Texas Tribune Originally published Feb. 15, 2018 The cloud of secrecy surrounding Texas executions has grown a little darker lately. After death penalty defense lawyers claimed the state’s first two executions of the year were botched because of old lethal injection drugs, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has stalled the release of public information regarding the state’s supply of lethal doses. Without providing a reason, the department told a Texas Tribune reporter last week that it would take an estimated 20 business days — until the day before the state’s next scheduled execution — to provide information on [...]

Texas prison system stalls release of public information on executionsFOIFT2018-02-15T14:08:16-06:00

Abbott reverses course, says execution drug supplier name can be kept secret

FOIFT2014-05-30T15:24:25-05:00

By Nomaan Merchant and Michael Graczyk Associated Press, via U.S. News and World Report Originally published May 30, 2014 DALLAS (AP) — Texas can keep secret the name of its supplier for its execution drugs, the state attorney general determined after law enforcement argued that suppliers face serious danger. In the decision, Attorney General Greg Abbott's Office cited a "threat assessment" signed by Texas Department of Public Safety director Steven McCraw that says pharmacies selling execution drugs face "a substantial threat of physical harm." Thursday's decision was a reversal for the state's top prosecutor on an issue being challenged in several [...]

Abbott reverses course, says execution drug supplier name can be kept secretFOIFT2014-05-30T15:24:25-05:00

Appeals court: One Texas execution back on schedule after drug secrecy debate

FOIFT2014-04-03T00:43:34-05:00

By Michael Graczyk The Associated Press Originally published April 2, 2014, in the Austin American-Statesman HOUSTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a ruling requiring the Texas prison system to disclose more information about where it gets lethal-injection drugs, reversing a judge who had halted an upcoming execution. Only hours before the appellate decision, a lower-court judge issued a temporary injunction halting the execution of Tommy Lynn Sells, a convicted serial killer who was set to die Thursday. The case originally included Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, another inmate scheduled to be put to death next week. But the appellate ruling [...]

Appeals court: One Texas execution back on schedule after drug secrecy debateFOIFT2014-04-03T00:43:34-05:00

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