The article discusses recent changes surrounding the execution process in the U.S., emphasizing the increasing secrecy laws enacted by death penalty states. Abolitionists argue for media access to the entirety of executions to highlight the consequences of state-sanctioned death. A landmark ruling by Judge Debora Grasham in Idaho enjoins the state from conducting executions without allowing media witnesses. This ruling stresses the importance of transparency in the execution process, especially given the problematic nature of some executions in history.
Abolitionists have long contended that the news media should be able to witness every stage of the execution process in order to provide the public a clear view of what it is the population is supporting when it allows the state to put people to death.
The ruling is unprecedented, mandating that the media must be allowed to see and hear the execution from beginning to end, including the preparation and administration of lethal injection drugs.
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