Opinion | Indiana executed a man in near-secret this week. It shouldn't be that way.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : In a 2002 decision about lethal injection, the judges argued that "independent public scrutiny" was an essential part of the process.
54% : An informed public debate is critical in determining whether execution by lethal injection comports with the evolving standards of decency which mark the progress of a maturing society.
52% : Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, gets it right when she says, "Media ensures government accountability and transparency in an otherwise closed and secretive process."
50% : Public and media witnesses need to know how lethal injections are administered in order to evaluate whether they can be "fairly and humanely administered ...

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