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| State prison says executions on pause; drug expired, ability to shield makers of lethal cocktail lacking, officials say |
| By nwaonline.com- John Moritz |
| Published: 07/19/2018 |
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Arkansas' prison officials are not preparing to carry out any executions before year's end, stymied by a dwindling supply of lethal injection drugs and no way to keep secret the manufacturers of future batches, a prison spokesman said Wednesday. Only one prisoner on death row, Don Davis, is currently eligible for execution, but the Department of Correction lacks one of three drugs needed to carry out lethal injections. Stay connected and informed with NWADG.com news updates delivered to your inbox. The search for that drug, vecuronium bromide, ended in March, prisons spokesman Solomon Graves said, after the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the state can no longer keep secret documents identifying the manufacturers of the state's execution drugs. Read More. |
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