ACLU, media seeking greater access to executions
By Alison Sacriponte on Aug 26, 2014 02:56 pm[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Oklahoma [advocacy websites], the Guardian US and the Oklahoma Observer [media websites] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Monday in the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma [official website] seeking greater media access to state executions. The lawsuit cites the botched execution [JURIST report] of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett in April, during which the press had access to only a truncated version of the execution proceedings when... +read more
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