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Chris McDaniel

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Past articles by Chris:

Trump's Lawyer Launched An Offshore Casino — And Left A Wake Of Angry Creditors

Years before Trump’s candidacy, Michael D. Cohen backed a different kind of venture: a gambling cruise that stiffed employees and vendors, and blew off many of the ensuing lawsuits. → Read More

State court rejects request by Wilson grand juror to speak about the process.

This story has been updated to reflect events since it was initially published. A member of the grand jury that decided not to charge former Ferguson → Read More

Oklahoma Officials Told Of Execution Drug Mix-Up Months Earlier Than Previously Known

The Department of Corrections had reason to know it used the wrong drug in one execution in 2015 well before it obtained — and almost used — the same wrong drug for another execution later that sam... → Read More

Nebraska Seeks Refund For Illegal Execution Drugs It Never Got, Supplier Refuses

The state paid $26,700 for execution drugs from a man in India without a pharmaceutical background. As BuzzFeed News reported, the drugs would be illegal to import, and stood little chance of getti... → Read More

Oklahoma Corrections Director Resigns Amid Execution Mistakes

In the midst of a grand jury investigation into what's been going wrong with Oklahoma's executions, Director Robert Patton announced on Friday he will resign. → Read More

This Is The Man In India Who Is Selling States Illegally Imported Execution Drugs

When states ran out of execution drugs, they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background. → Read More

This Is The Man In India Who Is Selling States Illegally Imported Execution Drugs

When states ran out of execution drugs, they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background. → Read More

This Is The Man In India Who Is Selling States Illegally Imported Execution Drugs

When states ran out of execution drugs, they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background. → Read More

This Is The Man In India Who Is Selling States Illegally Imported Execution Drugs

When states ran out of execution drugs, they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background. → Read More

Texas Is Making Its Own Execution Drugs, Oklahoma Inmate Alleges

Many death penalty states have struggled to get ahold of a lethal injection drug that Texas continually has been able to procure. In a filing on Thursday in Oklahoma, lawyers provide evidence that ... → Read More

$25,000 Shipment Of Illegal Execution Drugs To Nebraska Gets Held Back In India

The FDA warned Nebraska that importing the drugs would be illegal. The state attempted to have the drugs shipped anyway. → Read More

Ohio Intended To Illegally Import Execution Drugs, FDA Letter Says

An FDA document says Ohio intends to import the drug, citing “information received by the agency.” It’s illegal to import the drug. → Read More

Connecticut High Court Nixes Death Sentences For 11 Remaining Death Row Inmates

The court ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional. The main effect of the ruling is on those put on death row before the state repealed the death penalty in 2012. → Read More

Nebraska Bought 300 Executions’ Worth Of Illegal Execution Drugs From A Foreign Supplier

The FDA says it will seize Nebraska’s drugs when they arrive from India. But the seller says he’s sold to “a few” other states as well. → Read More

Missouri Is Mysteriously Building A Massive Stockpile Of Execution Drugs

Missouri now has enough drugs for 16 lethal injections. But how? The drugs often used in executions generally have a short expiration date. → Read More

Oklahoma Attorney General Admits “Error” In Brief To Supreme Court, But Says It Has No Bearing On Case

After BuzzFeed News revealed Oklahoma misled the Supreme Court in a lethal injection case, Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office admitted an “inadvertent citation error.” → Read More

Oklahoma’s Attorney General Misled Supreme Court About Letter On Execution Drug Availability

Oklahoma heavily redacted a letter that was sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — but told the high court that it was actually sent to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. → Read More

Federal judge says grand juror argument against secrecy belongs in state court

Updated at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 with dismissal from federal court. A federal judge has ruled that a grand juror who wants to speak out about the → Read More

The Reality Behind The Argument Between Justice Sotomayor And Oklahoma Over The Death Penalty

"Nothing you say or read to me am I going to believe, frankly, until I see with my own eyes the context, okay?”.. → Read More

Supreme Court To Consider Whether New Execution Drug Is Constitutional

The court will consider if Oklahoma can use the controversial execution drug midazolam as a sedative, when the other drugs in an execution process can cause intense pain. → Read More