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Associated Press:
Ohio has found itself in the crosshairs of the latest national debate over the death penalty: Should executioners' identities be protected?
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio begged the question with a wide-ranging request for state records seeking information on the May 24 execution of an inmate whose veins took 90 minutes to find and whose death came a record-setting 16 minutes after the toxic drugs began to flow.
Among other things, the ACLU asked for the names of Christopher Newton's execution team--a group of volunteer medics and guards whose identities are routinely shielded by the state.
I don't have a problem with the ACLU wanting more information on why this execution was bungled. That seems like a legitimate area of public inquiry.
However, as far as it relates to the identities of the volunteer medics...I thought the ACLU was all about protecting the right to privacy.
