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May 30, 2014

Texas AG Allows Secrecy of Execution Drugs in Reversal of Stance 
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In Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott has said the state can conceal
the source of execution drugs, marking a reversal of his previous
stance. Officials in a number of states have hidden the names of lightly
regulated compounding pharmacies which are supplying the drugs, and a
botched execution in Oklahoma last month involved drugs from a secret
source. Texans for Public Justice note that ahead of his decision,
Attorney General Abbott received $350,000 in campaign donations from the
owner of a compounding pharmacy to help him defeat Democratic State
Senator Wendy Davis in the race for Texas governor. While that facility
is not believed to be the state's source for lethal drugs, the owner,
Richie Ray, leads an industry PAC and is part of a trade group that has
sold materials for execution drugs.

 

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