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Arkansas Court Upholds Execution Protocol, Drug Secrecy Law
Source: Associated Press
Arkansas Court Upholds Execution Protocol, Drug Secrecy Law
By CLAUDIA LAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jun 23, 2016, 12:07 PM ET
Arkansas can execute eight death row inmates, a split state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding a state law that keeps information about its lethal injection drugs confidential.
It has only seven days, however, before one of the drugs needed for the three-drug protocol expires, and it isn't clear when Arkansas will be able to resume its first executions since 2005.
Court decisions generally aren't certified until 18 days after they are handed down, meaning the decision would become final July 11. Parties can ask the court to speed up the timetable, but there was no sign Thursday morning that had been done.
A paralytic drug, vecuronium bromide, expires on June 30, and the supplier has said it will not sell the state more.
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By CLAUDIA LAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jun 23, 2016, 12:07 PM ET
Arkansas can execute eight death row inmates, a split state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding a state law that keeps information about its lethal injection drugs confidential.
It has only seven days, however, before one of the drugs needed for the three-drug protocol expires, and it isn't clear when Arkansas will be able to resume its first executions since 2005.
Court decisions generally aren't certified until 18 days after they are handed down, meaning the decision would become final July 11. Parties can ask the court to speed up the timetable, but there was no sign Thursday morning that had been done.
A paralytic drug, vecuronium bromide, expires on June 30, and the supplier has said it will not sell the state more.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arkansas-court-execute-inmates-upholds-secrecy-40072152
Also: The Latest: 3 Justices Outline Dissents in Execution Ruling (Associated Press)
