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Florida secrecy continues

During the warrant proceedings, Mr. Tompkins sought public records pursuant to Fla. Stat. Ch. 119 and Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.852(h)(3). On October 7, 2008, Mr. Tompkins sent public recordsrequests to FDLE and DOC. The records sought concerned the recentexecutions that Florida carried out. Mr. Tompkins sought theserecords in connection with the lethal injection claim that he hadpending before this Court. These records were requested pursuantto Rule 3.852. These agencies objected and asked the circuitcourt to rule that Mr. Tompkins was not entitled to the requestedrecords. The circuit court sustained the objections and indicatedthat Mr. Tompkins had the burden of demonstrating that therecords requested would be admissible to prove a claim forrelief...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on November 23, 2008 (boomark / email).