Should execution drugs be a state secret?
© Photographer1773 | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images By Deborah Fisher, Executive Director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government Does the public have a right to know about the drugs used to execute death row inmates? This question has been raised in recent months in court in at least three states, two of which recently enacted new laws or protocols to keep secret from citizens the source of execution drugs. In 2011, at least six states, including Tennessee, had their execution drugs seized or taken by the DEA after it became clear that the drugs had been imported illegally. States have sought to keep their new [...]