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Judge dismisses suit on Oklahoma execution access

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by media organizations seeking greater access to the execution of Oklahoma death row inmates, ruling that the state's death penalty protocols do not violate the First Amendment. The lawsuit alleged the media should have greater access to witnessing an execution and opposed new protocols implemented since Lockett's execution that reduce the number of media witnesses and give the prisons' director the ability to limit what they see and hear. The organizations' attorney, Brady Henderson, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, said the media outlets have not decided whether to amend their lawsuit or appeal Heaton's decision. U.S.

 

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