KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A reporter whose stories have been critical of Missouri’s death penalty procedures sued the state’s prisons chief Wednesday in federal court, accusing him of wrongly excluding him from being an execution witness. None of the 25 Missouri death row inmates had been scheduled for execution as of Wednesday. RelatedMcDaniel, a former reporter for St. Louis public radio, applied in January 2014 to witness a Missouri execution “to ensure that executions are carried out in a constitutional manner,” according to the lawsuit. David Owen, a Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman, told The Associated Press by email that the department doesn’t publicly discuss pending litigation. The lawsuit contends that McDaniel’s “unfavourable” reporting about the way Missouri executes prisoners may explain why he hasn’t been allowed to witness an execution.

Source: National Post September 01, 2016 18:00 UTC