Prof. Kirtley's Op-Ed on Access to Information about Lethal Injection Drugs Appears in the Guardian

Professor Jane Kirtley's op-ed, "Why the U.S. Constitution Gives You the Right to Know Lethal Injection's Secrets," was published in the Guardian on the same day that several news organizations filed a law suit seeking access to information about the sources and composition of the drugs used in executions. Kirtley argued that "The long-standing tradition of public oversight of executions, coupled with the recognition that accurate information about them is essential to promote informed debate, more than justify the argument that the constitution should require transparency in every aspect of the execution process." Secrecy, she wrote, "locks out death penalty advocates and adversaries alike."