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However, on Thursday, the agency abruptly reversed course and provided the AP with a copy of the lethal injection protocol. Their only explanation for the change was that the state was revising its decision.

The 44-page manual is noticeably shorter than the 2018 version the state had been operating under, which contained nearly 100 pages, including 11 pages detailing how lethal injection drugs should be procured, stored and administered. The state69制片厂制作传媒檚 failure to follow those procedures forced Republican Gov. Bill Lee in 2022 to call a last-minute halt to the execution of inmate Oscar Smith and then place a moratorium on new executions while the process was under review.

An independent report later found that none of the drugs prepared for the seven inmates executed since 2018 had been fully tested as required by the manual. Later, the state Attorney General69制片厂制作传媒檚 Office conceded in court that two of the people most responsible for overseeing Tennessee69制片厂制作传媒檚 lethal injection drugs 69制片厂制作传媒渋ncorrectly testified69制片厂制作传媒� under oath that officials were testing the chemicals as required.

The new manual contains only a single page on the lethal injection chemicals with no specific directions for testing the drugs. It also removes a requirement that the drugs come from a licensed pharmacist. Yet the new protocol does include several new additions, including now authorizing the state to deviate from the protocol whenever the Correction Department commissioner deems it necessary.

In Tennessee, the 2018 lethal injection protocol required a series of three drugs administered in sequence. The new version unveiled last week requires only a single dose of pentobarbital. One other change 69制片厂制作传媒� the people most responsible for carrying out the execution will now be outside contractors. The manual requires an IV team of at least two people and a physician who are not Tennessee Department of Correction personnel.

When ordering the pause in 2022, Lee stressed that it was his administration69制片厂制作传媒檚 duty to 69制片厂制作传媒渆nsure continued transparency69制片厂制作传媒� for Tennesseans surrounding the death penalty and that he expected 69制片厂制作传媒渢he Tennessee Department of Correction to leave no question that procedures are correctly followed.69制片厂制作传媒�

Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender69制片厂制作传媒檚 habeas unit that represents many of Tennessee69制片厂制作传媒檚 death row inmates, told the AP in an email that the new manual 69制片厂制作传媒渇ails to address the many concerns raised by the independent investigation.69制片厂制作传媒�

69制片厂制作传媒淎s of today, we still do not know the source of drugs, whether they are compounded, or whether they have been diverted from the market into a gray market, how they will be procured, stored, tested, and administered,69制片厂制作传媒� she said. 69制片厂制作传媒淭his level of secrecy is inconsistent with the promises of transparency made by the Governor two years ago.69制片厂制作传媒�

Across the U.S., executions have remained at historic lows for years, but the small group of states still carrying out the death penalty have only increased the secrecy surrounding the procedures, particularly over how and where the state secures the drugs used for lethal injections.

Many states argue that secrecy is critical to protect the safety of those involved in the execution process. Yet in a 2018 report, the Washington-D.C.-based nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center found that this argument often led to these states refusing to provide information about the qualifications of their execution teams. Meanwhile, some courts have dismissed states69制片厂制作传媒� claim that more public disclosure would result in threats against prison officials over a lack of evidence.