Koch Brothers

Natural Born Jobkillers

Decades in Solitary Confinement, Then Death in Freedom

Source: New York Times

* Mr. Woodfox remains in solitary confinement and has a pending lawsuit regarding the daily strip and cavity searches that Louisiana has conducted on him, despite his “advanced age and decades of good behavior,” the legal team, which also represents Mr. Woodfox, said.
* The two men were in solitary confinement for more than 40 years, the longest known solitary confinement in United States history, the team said.
* “After the cancer was detected and oral chemotherapy was recommended, it was over a month before Mr. Wallace received his medication.”
* They were found guilty, and they are guilty,” he said, referring to Mr. Wallace and Mr. Woodfox.
* In a statement on Friday, Steven Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA, which days earlier had welcome Mr. Wallace’s released, said it was a “sad day” for those who had worked for his freedom and he criticized the state’s re-indictment of Mr. Wallace.

Read more: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/decades-in-solitary-confinement-then-death-in-freedom/

Texas using custom-made drug to execute criminals: FOIA request Read more: http://www.nydailynews.c

Source: Associated Press

* More executions are carried out in Texas’ Huntsville Unit death chambers than in any other state.
* Texas prison officials disclosed Wednesday that they are using a compounding pharmacy to obtain the drug used during executions.
* Pentobarbital has been used as the lone drug in lethal executions in Texas for more than a year.
* The agency has purchased a new supply of the drug from a Texas pharmacy that has the ability to compound," Clark said
* In an FOIA request from the Associated Press, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice revealed that a warden from the Huntsville Unit bought eight vials of pentobarbital from a compounding pharmacy in Houston last month.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-custom-made-drug-execute-criminals-foia-request-article-1.1474041