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October 21, 2015

Arkansas Court Delays Executions; Nebraska Bought Drugs from India 
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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.
Buzz Feed News has revealed a salesman in India has illegally sold
execution drugs to Nebraska and at least three other states.

 

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