This week, Oklahoma's Supreme Court of two convicted murderers. At issue: where the state gets its execution drugs. The state does not want to reveal its source.
Texas also has long kept its lethal drug suppliers secret, although Attorney General Greg Abbott stating it's time to go public. But as death penalty opponents increase the pressure to expose suppliers and to disrupt the supply of the drug, some states are reviewing their options on capital punishment.
In this week's Texas Standard spotlight interview, David Brown speaks with University of Richmond School of Law's about recent developments in states' efforts to as it grows more difficult to get the drugs for lethal injection.
