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| Lethal injection gets top court review |
| By Bloomberg |
| Published: 09/25/2007 |
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KENTUCKY - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the legality of the lethal injection method used by dozens of states, saying it will hear arguments from two Kentucky death-row inmates who say they face unnecessary suffering. The inmates, Ralph Baze and Thomas C. Bowling, say the state's execution procedure violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. They pointed to botched executions in Ohio and Florida that took as long as two hours to complete. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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