Secret America: how states hide the source of their lethal injection drugs

At least 13 states have recently hidden the supply of their lethal drugs behind new secrecy rules, preventing the American people from knowing how prisoners are killed in their name. This map reveals which states have secrecy rules about this, which simply have death penalty, and which don't. The visualization also breaks down the information and provides the legal justification for secrecy.


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