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SB 1295 Freedom of Information Act; exemption for persons designated to carry out execution.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Transfer of prisoner to facility housing death chamber; confidentiality of execution records.  Provides that the identities of persons designated by the Director to conduct an execution are confidential, exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, and not subject to discovery or introduction as evidence in any civil proceeding unless good cause is shown. The bill also removes the specific time constraints on when a prisoner condemned to die must be transferred to the correctional center that houses the death chamber.  The bill is identical to HB2418.


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