With the 10th anniversary of Sunshine Week, a couple of themes become apparent in a review of pending state legislation affecting the public’s right to know. First, the rush to equip police officers with body cameras throws new light on the long-running tension between privacy rights and public-access rights. Current Oklahoma law, for example, makes […]
State rejects execution drug records request; release would ‘jeopardize’ safety – Political Fix Florida
The state has rejected a public records request about its execution drugs, saying releasing the information would “jeopardize a person’s safety.” The letter from the Department of Corrections to a Tallahassee anti-death penalty activist was dated May 8 and provided to the Tribune/Scripps Capital Bureau this week. In March, Sheila Meehan, chair of Tallahassee Citizens […]
