End state-sanctioned secrecy in South Carolina's penal system 

Much ink has been spilled about the growing regime of secrecy surrounding the death penalty in this country. In 2018, the Death Penalty Information Center reported that “During the past seven years, states have begun conducting executions with drugs and drug combinations that have never been tried before. They have done so behind an expanding veil of secrecy laws that shield the execution process from public scrutiny.”  

“Since January 2011,” the organization noted, “legislatures in...