Tennessee Appeals Court: State must release names of people involved in execution
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A state appeals court has ruled that Tennessee must turn over the names of people involved in executions to the attorneys for 11 death row inmates.
The ruling came as part of a broader lawsuit from the inmates challenging the state's lethal injection method and its law allowing electrocutions, claiming both are unconstitutional. Attorneys for the inmates say the names of people involved, including the pharmacist who will compound the drug and the supervising physician, are needed so they can investigate whether they are qualified, among other things.
Attorney general's office spokeswoman Leigh Ann Jones said Monday they were reviewing the ruling.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The names will be released only to the inmates' attorneys, who are prohibited from revealing them to nearly anyone else, including their clients.