(AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court won’t review a lower
court ruling that spares the state’s prison system from having to reveal where
it gets drugs used in executions.Missouri’s high court didn’t comment Tuesday in rejecting a request to review
the case from the American Civil Liberties Union, the nonprofit Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press and other plaintiffs.
court ruling that spares the state’s prison system from having to reveal where
it gets drugs used in executions.Missouri’s high court didn’t comment Tuesday in rejecting a request to review
the case from the American Civil Liberties Union, the nonprofit Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press and other plaintiffs.
They say the state’s source of execution drugs should be disclosed under
open-records laws. The Missouri Department of Corrections has refused to divulge
where it gets pentobarbital, a powerful barbiturate.
The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled in February that any disclosure of the
identities of “individuals essential to the execution process” could hinder the
state’s ability to execute prisoners.
An attorney for the media groups says more appeals are planned.
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