A sobering message from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in an Oklahoma case involving access to records relating to a botched execution. The court concluded:

Delay is denial.

Kentucky officials would do well to remember this.

Oklahoma's open records law has no statutory deadline for production of public records, but Kentucky's three business day deadline often stretches into months.

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Additional information about this case, as well as a link to the Reporters Committee Litigation Page, can be found at:

https://www.rcfp.org/oklahoma-supreme-court-unanimously-rejects-effort-…