Travaglia v. Department of Corrections

In Travaglia v. Department of Corrections, 699 A.2d 1317 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1997), the Court denied an inmate serving on death row access to information pertaining to the legal injection method of execution. Recognizing that some speculation must be entertained, the Court agreed with the Department that disclosure of the precise substances and dosages and security measures used in lethal injections could result in widespread dissemination of dangerous information to the public, and could be used by inmates to attempt to frustrate the lethal injection process. Id. at 1322. However, the Court did grant the inmate access to the identity of both past and future witnesses, absent a showing that the witness was given some guarantee of confidentiality. Id. at 1323.