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| Missouri’s high court declines to hear case on whether execution drug suppliers can remain secret |
| By kbia.org- Rachel Lippmann |
| Published: 05/31/2017 |
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The Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday that it won’t hear a group of lawsuits that aims to force the state Department of Corrections to release the name of the pharmacists who supply the state’s lone execution drug, the sedative pentobarbital. The case declined by the high court was an appeal of a Feb. 14 ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs, including former Democratic state Sen. Joan Bray and a group of local and national media outlets, had argued the name of the pharmacists should be released under the state’s Sunshine Law. The groups said they’ll now argue that the state is violating the First Amendment by not making the information public. Read More. |
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