State of Nebraska ignored drug manufacturers demands to return execution drugs. Less than three weeks before the fentanyl made by a company based in London was used to carry out…
Blaire AndresJuly 27, 2020
In April of this year, the state of Nevada agreed to relinquish its supply of drugs intended for executions to the pharmaceutical companies who manufactured them as part of a…
Lynn PasternyApril 27, 2020
On April 13, 2020, Governor Ralph Northam signed into law a bill ending execution secrecy in Virginia. This significant development marks a major victory against lethal injection secrecy in the…
Lynn PasternyApril 27, 2020
On April 9, 2020, a group of prominent medical practitioners and health experts sent a letter to corrections departments warning that many of the sedatives and paralytics used in executions…
Marta BylicaApril 23, 2020
In May 2019, the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published an opinion determining that drugs intended for use in lethal injections are not…
Marta BylicaJanuary 31, 2020
Federal Court Stays Four Executions, Ruling Newly-Adopted Federal Execution Protocol Likely Unlawful
On November 20, 2019, the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction barring the Federal Government from carrying out four executions scheduled for December 2019…
Blaire AndresDecember 9, 2019
Ohio’s Governor DeWine announced on August 1, 2019 that he will be delaying the execution of Warren Henness in the state due to challenges in obtaining execution drugs and the…
Pauline AssarssonJuly 31, 2019
A secrecy bill that would have rendered confidential information about the source of the state’s execution drugs stalled earlier this year in Louisiana’s Senate judiciary committee following engagement by pharmaceutical…
Pauline AssarssonMay 11, 2019
Arkansas Legislator Warns Execution Secrecy Measure Will Harm Companies; Fuel Black Market For Drugs
In a hearing in the Arkansas House Judiciary Committee earlier this month for a bill seeking to shield the states’ drug supplies in secrecy, Representative Andrew Collins raised concerns that…
Pauline AssarssonApril 24, 2019