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| Drug's expiration puts Arkansas' ability to conduct executions in question |
| By swtimes.com- John Lyon |
| Published: 06/30/2016 |
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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas' supply of one of the three drugs it acquired for use in executions is expiring, making it unclear whether last week's Arkansas Supreme Court ruling upholding the state's lethal-injection law will allow the state to put any prisoners to death. The state Department of Corrections' current execution protocol involves the use of midazolam, vercuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The state Attorney General's Office has noted in court filings that its supply of one of the drugs has a June expiration date. Solomon Graves, spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Correction, said Wednesday that "our supply of drugs remains unchanged" since the Attorney General's Office made the statements about the looming expiration date. The Attorney General's Office also has stated in court filings that laboratory tests have confirmed the drugs are potent enough for their purpose as a three-drug execution cocktail. But the office does not intend to seek to use execution drugs past their expiration date, spokesman Judd Deere said Wednesday. Read More. |
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