Texas finds new execution drug supply; prison officials refuse to name source
HOUSTON – Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates, allowing the state to continue carrying out death sentences once its existing supply expires at the end of the month.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark wouldn’t say where the agency obtained the drugs, nor whether providing anonymity to the new supplier was a condition of the purchase.
The decision to keep details secret puts the agency at odds with past rulings by state Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office, which has said the agency should disclose specifics about the drugs.
Major drugmakers, many based in Europe, have stopped selling drugs used in executions to U.S. corrections agencies because they oppose the death penalty.
Texas leads the U.S. in its number of executions.
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