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| Arkansas death row inmates set for execution say state is wrong to shield drug information |
| By therepublic.com- Claudia Lauer |
| Published: 09/30/2015 |
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Eight death row inmates have asked a judge to cancel their upcoming lethal injections in Arkansas, where executions have been on hold for a decade, arguing that prison officials' refusal to reveal where they obtain execution drugs is unconstitutional. Similar arguments have been unsuccessfully used to challenge other state's secrecy laws, which enable prison officials not to release information about their drug suppliers. But the Arkansas inmates' attorneys argue that the state's new law violates a previous settlement with the state that ensured inmates would be given the information. The 58-page amended brief, filed Monday night in Pulaski County Circuit Court, says the settlement constitutes a contract, and the Arkansas Constitution prohibits laws from being passed to undermine a contract. The Attorney General's Office agreed to the terms of the settlement, then "acted in bad faith" by working to help draft the new secrecy law, the attorneys argue. Read More. |
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