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| Louisiana loses round in execution drug disclosure case |
| By shreveporttimes.com- Kevin McGill |
| Published: 03/28/2014 |
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NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Thursday refused to block a lower court’s order requiring Louisiana to provide a condemned child killer, formerly of Mansfield, with information about the seller and maker of drugs the state uses in executions. Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc and Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain have argued that if they identify how they’re getting the drugs, they could have trouble buying more because companies don’t want to be known as helping in an execution. However, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the argument, noting that U.S. District Judge James Brady’s order, as amended earlier this month, only requires that the information be given to death row prisoner Christopher Sepulvado, his defense lawyers, defense team experts and court personnel. Read More. |
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