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| Judge refuses to dismiss newspapers’ suit against Corrections Dept. over restricted access to executions |
| By pennrecord.com - Jon Campisi |
| Published: 01/30/2013 |
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A judge has refused to dismiss a complaint by two prominent area newspapers challenging the policies of the state Department of Corrections that limit what journalists and members of the public can and cannot witness during prisoner executions. U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane, the chief judge of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, denied in a Jan. 18 order a defense motion to dismiss the case, in which The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Patriot-News of Harrisburg filed suit against John E. Wetzel, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections secretary, and others over the department’s policy that restricts the ability for journalists to fully report on what occurs during inmate executions. The lawsuit, which was filed on Sept. 25 at the federal court in Harrisburg, and previously reported on by the Pennsylvania Record, alleges that while Pennsylvania law requires the presence of witnesses during executions, the reality is that the actual witnessing of the event is severely restricted. Read More. |
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