The Arkansas state Supreme Court has delayed the planned executions of eight prisoners until at least March to allow prisoners to continue challenging secrecy around the source of lethal injection drugs. The move blocks two executions scheduled for today. It’s the latest fallout from a shortage of execution drugs after European firms barred their use in U.S. executions. This week Ohio delayed all executions until at least 2017 due to difficulty obtaining the drugs. Meanwhile in Oklahoma, officials are testifying before a grand jury about how they used the wrong drug to execute Charles Warner in January. Nebraska, meanwhile, bought $54,000 worth of drugs from Salt Lake City—India, not Utah. BuzzFeed News has revealed a salesman in India has illegally sold execution drugs to Nebraska and at least three other states.
Arkansas Court Delays Executions; Nebraska Bought Drugs from India
HeadlineOct 21, 2015