Anti-death penalty activists have asked a federal judge to order Indiana State Police to stop blocking roads to a prison where federal executions have resumed after a 17-year pause.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Anti-death penalty activists asked a judge in a Tuesday lawsuit to order Indiana State Police to stop blocking roads to a prison where federal executions have resumed after a 17-year pause, arguing that the roadblocks constitute unconstitutional no-protest zones and impede protesters’ free-speech rights.
“The image of persons protesting and holding vigil alongside a car dealership on a state highway hardly compares to the image of persons doing the exact same thing outside the entrance to a federal prison,” written arguments filed with the lawsuit say. Bureau of Prisons rules approve only a short list of items protesters can bring into the designated protest site. It includes Bibles, rosaries and candles. It specifically bans cellphones and recording devices, as well as signs made of wood or metal.
Those suing also include the Indiana Abolition Coalition and the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Rules for journalists attending the execution include that they leave their pens and notebooks at a media center before heading to the death-chamber facility. Prison officials provided pens and paper only minutes before the executions began.
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