Three prisoners could be executed in the US this week amid heightened scrutiny over the secretive way states are putting inmates to death in the wake of recent gruesome botches.
Marcus Wellons, 59, is to be put to death by Georgia at 7pm ET on Tuesday, using a single massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital. His lawyers are seeking to block the execution by arguing that the state’s excessive secrecy about the source of its drug supplies is violating his constitutional rights.
Last year Georgia introduced a new law that declared the identity of anyone involved in the execution process – including compounding pharmacies that make up the drugs to order – a “confidential state secret”. The law was upheld by the Georgia supreme court, but Wellons’ attorneys are challenging it in the federal courts.
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Marcus Wellons, 59, is to be put to death by Georgia at 7pm ET on Tuesday, using a single massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital. His lawyers are seeking to block the execution by arguing that the state’s excessive secrecy about the source of its drug supplies is violating his constitutional rights.
Last year Georgia introduced a new law that declared the identity of anyone involved in the execution process – including compounding pharmacies that make up the drugs to order – a “confidential state secret”. The law was upheld by the Georgia supreme court, but Wellons’ attorneys are challenging it in the federal courts.
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