The legal battle over lethal injection, which comes before theSupreme Court today, has been conducted in unusual secrecy, withcourts permitting states across the country to keep from lawyers andthe public precisely how death row inmates are executed.
In state after state, defense lawyers contending that theexecution method inflicts unnecessary pain complain that judges havedenied them access to crucial information, including the identity ofexecutioners and details about the drug cocktail used in the fatalinjections.
State officials have successfully argued that releasing suchinformation could compromise prison security and the safety ofpersonnel. But lawyers for …
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