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Indiana DOC Found in Violation of State Public Records Act for Withholding Execution Drug Cost Information
Loaded on May 1, 2026
by Chuck Sharman
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2026, page 54
Filed under:
Summary Judgment,
First Amendment,
Public Records Act,
Interlocutory Appeals,
Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
Location:
Indiana.
by Chuck Sharman
On February 27, 2026, an Indiana court found the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) in violation of its Access to Public Records Act (APRA), granting summary judgment to the Indiana Capital Chronicle in its challenge to the DOC’s refusal to divulge the amount paid for …
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