Texas sues to release execution drug shipment seized by US
Source: Associated Press
Texas sues to release execution drug shipment seized by US
Michael Graczyk, Associated Press
Updated 4:50 pm, Wednesday, April 26, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas prison officials asked a federal judge Wednesday to rescind a U.S. Food and Drug Administration order that blocks the corrections agency from receiving a foreign shipment of a drug that the state wants to use for executions.
Attorneys for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed suit in U.S. District Court in Galveston, arguing that it's unlawful for the U.S. agency to refuse importation of 1,000 vials of sodium thiopental that have been detained since July 2015 at Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport. The prison agency also wants the court to block the FDA from imposing similar prohibitions in the future.
The drug shipment was purchased by the prison agency from an unidentified foreign drug supplier.
"The refusal order directly harms TDCJ by preventing TDCJ from having the option of using the drugs at issue in lawful executions," according to the court filing. The lawsuit also contended the prison agency's reputation was being damaged because the order formally decided it "has attempted to import drugs in violation of federal law."
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Texas-sues-to-release-execution-drug-shipment-11101199.php
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from another country to save money, but it shouldn't be illegal for Texas to order their "killin' drugs" from a foreign supplier.
Makes sense to me.
