04 May 2010 :
Ronnie Lee Gardner, facing firing squad, denied access to media. The Utah Department of Corrections said in a letter to the media that allowing interviews of Ronnie Lee Gardner, who was sentenced to death for fatally shooting an attorney during an attempted escape from custody, would shift the focus away from the victims of his crime. Several media attorneys have expressed concern that Gardner's First Amendment rights are being violated. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, no other prisoner has been denied access to the media.(source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 30/04/2010)
