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Court Orders Disclosure of Witness' Information Regarding Lethal Injection Executions in Pennsylvania

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2008

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty. Location: Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania death row prisoner Michael Travaglia appealed the Department of Corrections' (DOC) 1996 refusal to disclose to his attorney, Mark Lesco, various documents regarding lethal injection procedures and the selection process and identities of witnesses to executions. The court ordered access to witness information but affirmed nondisclosure related to lethal ...

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