Texas must tell attorneys execution drug supplier
AUSTIN, Texas —
A judge ordered Texas prison officials Thursday to disclose the supplier of a new batch of lethal injection drugs to attorneys for two inmates set to be executed, but she stopped short of revealing the identity of the manufacturer to the public.
The ruling by state District Judge Suzanne Covington came after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice argued that threats against execution suppliers are growing in danger. The agency recently obtained a threat assessment from law enforcement officers and pictures on the Internet suggesting physical harm against pharmacists making the drugs, Assistant Attorney General Nicole Bunker-Henderson said.
State prison officials have lost previous attempts to keep information about its execution drug supplier confidential.
"The circumstances have changed from 2012. We can show there's evidence out there that there has been a significant, real concrete threat to similarly situated pharmacists," Bunker-Henderson said.
More at http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/us/lawyers-texas-should-reveal-execution-drug-source/nfMFR/ .
[font color=green]But I thought that Republicans believed that all life is sacred--or is that only for potential lives still in the womb?[/font]
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