A small group of South Carolina senators are moving to shield large parts of the state's lethal injection process from public scrutiny
Their lawyers agreed in oral arguments this month that lethal injection is, however, legal. And that led the justices to the same question posed by lawmakers and death penalty supporters — why can't South Carolina get the drugs?
Fourteen states have carried out nearly 90 lethal injection executions in the past five years. Many have shield laws. Some do not. “Do you have a compounding pharmacy willing to sell you the drugs? In South Carolina, we'll find out if this passes,” Stirling said.
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