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| Executioners' identities concealed |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 07/04/2007 |
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO - People who carry out executions can sue others who disclose their identities, under a new law that followed reports that a doctor who attended Missouri executions had been sued for malpractice more than 20 times. Some of the 36 other death penalty states also shield the names of their executioners. But the Missouri measure, which Gov. Matt Blunt signed in private Saturday and announced Monday, is believed to make that state the only one with penalties for disclosing their information, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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