Why the Indiana Capital Chronicle Sued the State
Have you noticed that your state government keeps hiding information about itself -- at the same time it's trying to disclose more information about its citizens? For instance, refusing to reveal what it pays for the drug it uses to execute Death Row inmates -- while demanding medical information that could help identify the very few Hoosiers who have managed to qualify for an abortion. So the Indiana Capital Chronicle has gone to court, as its editor explains.
Going to court is never fun, but here’s why we sued the state
Little is known about how Indiana acquired pentobarbital, a drug that state officials plan to use to restart executions for the first time in more than a decade. (Getty Images)
By Niki Kelly