2022 - HB 658 - Execution Secrecy

HB 658 would prohibit disclosure of entities or persons supplying, manufacturing, dispending, or prescribing chemicals or substances used in an execution.

HB 658 would shroud the death penalty in secrecy by prohibiting disclosure of entities or persons supplying, manufacturing, dispending, or prescribing chemicals or substances used in an execution.

The secrecy makes it impossible for the courts and the public to know whether executions will be carried out humanely and in compliance with state and federal laws, and the U.S. Constitution. If Idaho continues to execute its death row prisoners, the process must remain transparent and the government accountable, not hidden or secret.