US EditionMultiple media companies seek to overturn Indiana rules that prevent reporters from witnessing executions
- The Indiana Capital Chronicle and four media companies filed a lawsuit against Indiana's rule that prevents press witnesses at executions on Monday evening.
- The lawsuit claims the ban violates the First Amendment and limits public accountability.
- Indiana is one of two states that prohibits media witnesses during executions, affecting transparency.
- Kristopher Cundriff from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press stated, 'It's about having a representative standing in the shoes of the public to provide an account of what happened that comes from a neutral party.
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Kris Cundiff: Indiana execution procedure gives ultimate punishment behind a veil of secrecy
Editor’s note: Opinion content expressed by columnists is solely the opinion of that person and not the Daily Journal. If the state of Indiana moves forward with the execution of convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie on May 20 as planned, the Indiana news media — and by extension the public — will have no legal right to witness the proceeding. Our government will impose the ultimate punishment behind a veil of secrecy, with no objective witnesses.…
Media coalition challenges Indiana ban on media access to executions
A media coalition represented by attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is challenging an Indiana law that prohibits news reporters from witnessing executions, arguing in a federal lawsuit that the ban violates the First Amendment. The lawsuit, filed Monday, comes as Indiana is just weeks away from executing its second death row inmate since ending a 15-year pause of the death penalty last year. On behalf of The Associa…
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CBS 4 - Indianapolis News, Weather, Traffic and Sports | WTTV…Multiple media companies seek to overturn Indiana rules that prevent reporters from witnessing executions
INDIANAPOLIS — Multiple media companies are hoping to overturn the State of Indiana's rules that prevent reporters from witnessing executions. The complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court on Monday, indicates the Associated Press, Gannet, Circle City Broadcasting and Tegna Inc. are challenging "the constitutionality of a provision within the Indiana Code that prohibits (news organizations) from observing executions carried out at th…
AP, others challenge Indiana law barring reporters from witnessing executions
*The video above is from when Indiana inmate Joseph Corcoran was executed in 2024. The Associated Press and four other media companies argue in a federal lawsuit that Indiana's ban on reporters attending state-sanctioned executions violates the public's constitutional right to an independent and unsanitized description of a sensitive and contentious government action. The complaint, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, comes two …
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