Indiana's death row: no drugs no movement
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was published Aug. 30, 2022 by the Indiana Capital Chronicle.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was published Aug. 30, 2022 by the Indiana Capital Chronicle.
Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed a trial court ruling that requires the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) to release records related to the lethal injection drugs Indiana has used in carrying out executions, including the identities of the drug suppliers. The documents were the subject of a public records suit filed by Washington, D.C. lawyer A. Katherine Toomey under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act (APRA). In a statement issued after the decision, Toomey’s appeal lawyer, Peter Racher, hailed the state supreme court’s decision as “a vindication of Indiana’s Access t...
The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered the Department of Correction to pay more than $500,000 in legal fees in a fight over one of the state's deepest, darkest secrets. At stake was whether the state had to reveal the mix of drugs the department plans to use to execute inmates on Indiana's Death Row. And last week, nearly 7 years after the case started, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that ordered IDOC to release the information. The ruling will hinder Indiana's ability to carry out death penalty sentences and leaves many unresolved issues that will likely end up back...