Execution drug cost quadruples for Texas prisons

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas prison agency is paying four times more for its execution drugs from a new supplier.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the state paid $13,500 for its most recent batch of pentobarbital at a cost of $1,500 per vial. This compares to $350 per dose paid last year to a previous supplier that cut ties after backlash from death penalty opponents.