It's time to end death penalty secrecy
BY AUSTIN SARAT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 03/13/22 02:30 PM EDT
On March 9 a bill mandating secrecy about the death penalty process was fortunately stopped in the Idaho state senate. It would have prohibited state officials from revealing information about aspects of the death penalty process, such as where they obtain lethal injection drugs. It failed to make it out of the state’s senate judiciary committee.
The failure of the bill was both surprising and significant.
It was surprising because Republicans are dominant in that chamber, controlling 28 of 35 seats and have a 7 to 2 majority on the committee.
It is significant because this is one of the few times that death penalty opponents have been successful in defeating death penalty secrecy legislation. What happened in Idaho should prompt other states to reconsider the secrecy that surrounds their execution processes.
More:
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/597980-its-time-to-end-death-penalty-secrecy
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