article_snippet: However, DPS did not release the documents connected to DPS probe until after a lawsuit against authorities.
article_snippet: the documents connected to its probe also reveal that the newly hired executive director of the Department of Corrections, Robert Patton, was concerned about his lack of involvement in the execution preparations.
article_snippet: Patton told investigators Patton didn't even know DPS had acquired the drugs for Lockett's execution until Patton learned DPS from the media. '
article_snippet: I found out that they had found a pharmacist and the drugs, uh through a news report,' Patton said, according to a transcript of Patton interview.
article_snippet: These were particularly concerning to me,' Patton said. '
article_snippet: All execution officials' names and identifying information were redacted from the DPS records.