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April 4, 2014

Texas Executes Prisoner Using Drug from Undisclosed Supplier 
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Texas has executed its fifth prisoner of the year, using a drug from an
undisclosed compounding pharmacy. Convicted murderer Tommy Lynn Sells
was the first to be executed with the state's newly refreshed supply of
pentobarbital after its old batch expired. The Supreme Court declined to
halt the execution despite a plea from Sells' attorneys, who wanted the
name of the drug's supplier disclosed. The state has kept the supplier
secret, purportedly to protect it from threats, but an Associated Press
report found no evidence authorities in Texas are investigating any such
threats.

 

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