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| Study: Injection could violate 8th Amendment |
| By The Miami Hurricane |
| Published: 01/31/2008 |
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FLORIDA - A death row inmate is given a fatal dose of chemicals, but the excruciating pain, suffocation and burning sensation associated with the toxins will be masked by an anesthetic. Or, maybe it won't. A study published in May 2007 by Teresa Zimmers and Leonidas Koniaris, two researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, suggests the use of lethal injection to execute death row prisoners may be violating the Eighth Amendment, which protects against cruel an unusual punishment. "[Before conducting the study] my colleagues and I, like most Americans, thought the lethal injection was like a medical procedure and therefore painless," Zimmers said. "We were very surprised to discover that there is substantial proof of pain." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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