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Media Outlets File Lawsuit Against Execution Drug Secrecy

HeadlineMay 16, 2014

Media outlets have filed a lawsuit in Missouri challenging the growing secrecy around sources of death penalty drugs. The lawsuit filed by The Guardian, Associated Press and three Missouri papers argues that the public has a right to know the “type, quality and source” of lethal injection drugs. The Guardian reports at least 13 states have changed their rules to withhold all information from the public about how they obtain the drugs.

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