Court sides with AP, news groups over execution

Published June 9, 2012 8:11am ET



BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prison officials say they’ll work to carry out an execution next week as scheduled, after an appeals court sided with The Associated Press and other news organizations in ruling that witnesses should have full viewing access to a convicted killer’s lethal injection.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision Friday, a day after hearing arguments in a lawsuit from the 17 news organizations seeking to change Idaho’s protocol, saying it’s unconstitutionally restrictive.

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