Reporters sue Tennessee over limited access to executions

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A group of news outlets has sued Tennessee prison officials, claiming the state’s execution rules  block journalists from fully witnessing lethal injections and conceal key moments from public scrutiny.  Under current procedures, reporters are only allowed to observe once the condemned inmate is already strapped to the gurney.  In their filing, the outlets argue the state’s protocol violates “the public and press’s statutory and constitutional rights to witness the entirety of executions,”

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