Section 0420-03-04-.05 - WITNESS GUIDELINES(1) No News Media Agency Representative allowed to witness the execution of a death sentence shall have exclusive rights to the story. Immediately after the execution of the death sentence is complete, all News Media Agency Representatives shall make themselves available for a news conference of other news media representatives and shall remain at the news conference until it is completed.(2) The news conference shall be held at a location designated by the warden immediately following the execution.(3) Photographic or recording equipment are prohibited at the execution site during the execution.(4) News Media Agency Representatives shall abide by all departmental and institutional rules and policies, and the directives of authorized staff. Failure of a witness to do so may result in the witness being excluded and /or removed from the premises. The News Media Agency Representative and the News Media Agency being represented shall be ineligible to attend future executions without the specific approval of the Commissioner.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0420-03-04-.05
Original rule filed November 22, 2000; effective February 6, 2001.Authority: T.C.A. § 40-23-116.