Pharmacy Argues There’s A First Amendment Right To Secretly Sell Execution Drugs

[muriel_volestrangler]

A pharmacy whose drugs have been used in 16 Missouri executions is arguing that its actions are political speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution, and that its identity should remain secret.

Death row inmates in Mississippi subpoenaed information from the Missouri Department of Corrections — including about the drugs and supplier — months ago. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has attempted to have the subpoena quashed, but so far has been unsuccessful.
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The “decision to provide lethal chemicals to the Department was based on M7’s political views on the death penalty, and not based on economic reasons,” M7 wrote in an affidavit.
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Missouri has paid M7 more than $125,000, all in cash, for execution drugs, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News. The amount they are paid per execution — $7,178.88 for two vials of pentobarbital — is well above market value, and experts have expressed concern that the cash deals could violate federal tax law.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismcdaniel/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-execution-drugs?utm_term=.bhWDMz8OV#.xgMoNeAnX

So there's a scumbag out there making illegal profits off killing people, but they think they have a constitutional right to not be found out.