article_snippet.sent: Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials said a recent purchase of pentobarbital means Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials have enough of the sedative to carry out Kent Sprouse's execution and three others set for this month.
article_snippet.sent: The state's supply will need to be replenished for at least three other executions that are scheduled in May and June.
article_snippet.sent: Death penalty states have found Death penalty states increasingly difficult to acquire drugs as manufacturers, bowing to pressure from death penalty opponents, refuse to sell to state prison agencies for use in capital punishment.
highlights_snippet.sent: It could be the last execution in Texas for a while .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Texas has a shortage the lethal drug pentobarbital .