660 - Persons authorized to be present at execution.

§  660.  Persons  authorized  to  be  present  at  execution. 1.   The  commissioner, any persons designated  by  the  commissioner  to  act  as  execution technicians or otherwise to assist in the execution, including  correction  officers,  and  a  licensed  physician  or physicians may be  present at the execution. The commissioner shall also select and  invite  the  presence, by at least three days' prior notice, of a justice of the  supreme court, the  counsel  for  the  convicted  person,  the  district  attorney  and  the  sheriff  of the county where the conviction was had,  together with six adult citizens. The names of the execution  technician  or  technicians  shall  never  be  disclosed,  notwithstanding any other  provision of law to the contrary, including article six  of  the  public  officers  law.  The  names  of  the six adult citizens who witnessed the  execution shall not be disclosed until after the execution.    2. The commissioner shall, at the request of the person  sentenced  to  death,  authorize  and  permit  two  clergymen  to  be  present  at  the  execution.    3. The inmate sentenced to death may name four relatives or bona  fide  friends  to  witness the execution, and the commissioner shall authorize  said named relatives or friends of the inmate to witness  the  execution  unless  the  commissioner  determines  that  the  presence  of any named  relative or friend at the execution would pose a threat to the safety or  security of the designated correctional institution.   No  person  under  eighteen years of age shall be permitted to witness any execution.