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| Georgia Supreme Court considers lethal injection switch |
| By ajc.com - Bill Rankin |
| Published: 11/06/2012 |
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Georgia’s planned method for executing inmates is invalid, a lawyer argued Monday, because the state did not follow the law before switching to a single lethal-injection drug, Lisa Heller, a lawyer for condemned inmate Warren Hill, told the Georgia Supreme Court that the Department of Corrections change was subject to the state Administrative Procedure Act, which requires a period for public comment. A lawyer for the state contended this was unnecessary. Changing the lethal-injection protocol is merely a standard operating procedure that can be changed by the Corrections commissioner. It is not a “rule” as defined by the Administrative Procedure Act, Joe Drolet, a lawyer for the state Attorney General’s Office, said. Read More. |
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