USA - Arkansas. Divided State Court Upholds Lethal Injection Protocol and Secrecy Law

Divided State Court Upholds Lethal Injection Protocol and Secrecy Law, Potentially Opening Path to Eight Executions. A divided Arkansas Supreme Court voted 4-3 to uphold the state's lethal injection protocol and secrecy policy. The decision potentially opens the path for the state to move forward with eight executions that had been stayed pending the outcome of this litigation. However, it is unclear whether executions will resume because Arkansas' supply of lethal injection drugs expires on June 30, and the supplier from which it obtained those drugs has indicated that it will no longer sell execution drugs to the state.