Ohio Republicans push law to keep all details of executions secret

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Republican lawmakers in Ohio are rushing through the most extreme secrecy bill yet attempted by a death penalty state, which would withhold information on every aspect of the execution process from the public, media and even the courts.

Legislators are trying to force through the bill, HB 663, in time for the state’s next scheduled execution, on 11 February. Were the bill on the books by then, nothing about the planned judicial killing of convicted child murderer Ronald Phillips – from the source of the drugs used to kill him and the distribution companies that transport the chemicals, to the identities of the medical experts involved in the death chamber – would be open to public scrutiny of any sort.

Unlike other death penalty states that have shrouded procedures in secrecy, the Ohio bill seeks to bar even the courts from access to essential information. Attorneys representing death-row inmates, for instance, would no longer be able to request disclosure under court protection of the identity and qualifications of medical experts who advised the state on their techniques.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/29/ohio-republicans-law-details-executions-secret#comment-44343225

(Apologies if previously posted, I didn't find it when I searched for this)

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. The good news is our death penalty is color blind and always fair and never makes a mistake

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2. Republicans - Abolishing All Facts From Memory - Judgment, Incarceration, Death - All In Secret

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