Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death-row inmates, the state’s top prison officials said they would not release the document to the public.
The Tennessee Department of Correction last week told The Associated Press to file a public-records request to obtain a copy of the latest execution manual, known as a protocol. However, the agency this week denied the AP’s request, saying it needed to keep the entire document secret to protect the identities of the executioner and other people involved.
