US EditionTennessee judge grants expanded media access to state-run executions
The injunction allows media to observe most of Tennessee's execution process, improving transparency after a lawsuit from a coalition of news organizations.
- Chancellor I'Ashea L. Myles ordered expanded media access to view state-run executions, requiring curtains remain open until death is pronounced per existing timing rules.
- A coalition including The Associated Press sued in Davidson County Chancery Court, arguing protocols violate the right to witness executions 'from the time the condemned enters the execution chamber until after the condemned is declared dead.'
- Curtains open at 10 a.m., when the IV insertion begins at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville; after syringes are given, a team leader signals and a five-minute waiting period starts with injections from a separate room before a doctor determines death.
- Granting a temporary injunction, the court required execution team members to wear disposable protective suits and may be offered masks, while media members and other witnesses gained expanded access; the Tennessee Department of Correction did not immediately respond to a Friday comment request.
- Prison officials contended that the restrictions protect security, arguing full press access would endanger prison safety, and under protocols the warden announces completion over the intercom before directing witnesses to exit.
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Tennessee judge grants expanded media access to state-run executions – UK Times
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A judge ruled Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions, after a coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press sued on claims that state execution protocols unconstitutionally …
Injunction granted for Tennessee death penalty transparency - Nashville Banner
Friday afternoon, Chancellor I’Ashea Myles granted a temporary injunction to a collective of plaintiffs that includes the Banner in a Davidson County Chancery Court lawsuit seeking greater access and transparency to executions in Tennessee. “Whether you are for or against the death penalty in Tennessee is not the issue,” Myles wrote in her ruling. “It is in the public interest to ensure that the death penalty in the State of Tennessee both bring…
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