Experts raise concerns after Texas execution without media
HOUSTON (AP) â While officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are blaming miscommunication for preventing reporters from witnessing the stateâs first execution in nearly a year, legal and death penalty experts worry it's another example of what they see as a lack of transparency and competency in how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S. Two reporters, including one with The Associated Press, had been set to witness Wednesdayâs execution of Quintin Jones at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. But they were not escorted into a viewing room adjacent to the...