Tennessee sued by media over access to executions,…
A gaggle of news shops has sued Tennessee prison officers, claiming the state’s execution guidelines block journalists from absolutely witnessing deadly injections and conceal key moments from public scrutiny.
Under current procedures, reporters are only allowed to observe once the condemned inmate is already strapped to the gurney.
In their submitting, the shops argue the state’s protocol violates “the public and press’s statutory and constitutional rights to witness the entirety of executions,” saying Tennesseans deserve transparency from the second an inmate…
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