On Oklahoma’s Death Row, two men who were set to die either this week or next week have had their executions extended because the State of Oklahoma has not been able to find the necessary drugs for the lethal injection executions.
Meanwhile, the State of Texas went ahead with its lethal injection execution of Ray Jasper yesterday. Texas also has another execution planned for March 2014 — and next week’s execution will be the last lethal injection execution before Texas starts using a different supplier’s pentobarbital product –– a mysterious supplier whose identity remains unknown as state officials have denied media access to the supplier’s identity under arguments that doing so would endanger the company or its personnel.
And today, just a few hours ago, the State of Florida executed Robert Lavern Henry by lethal injection at Florida State Prison for murders that happened over 26 years ago.