Prison officials deny the claim and say the state’s supply of execution drugs is safe.
These images provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, shows Texas death row inmates, from left, John Balentine, Robert Fratta, and Wesley Ruiz. Texas plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out executions early this year in violation of state law, the three death row inmates allege in a lawsuit. HOUSTON — Texas plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out executions early this year in violation of state law, three death row inmates allege in a lawsuit.
“Texas continues to just really rely on secrecy in these executions and that’s why they’re trying to do an end run around this lawsuit because they don’t want to tell anybody that these drugs are expired,” Nolan said. Like other states in recent years, Texas has turned to compounding pharmacies to obtain pentobarbital, which it uses for executions, after traditional drugmakers refused to sell their products to prison agencies in the U.S.
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