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| Inmate wants execution delayed, seeks drug details |
| By azcentral.com- Jacques Billeaud |
| Published: 07/10/2014 |
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PHOENIX — A judge is mulling whether to postpone the July 23 execution of an Arizona death row inmate who is demanding details about the two-drug combination that will be used to put him to death. A The arguments made Wednesday by inmate Joseph Rudolph Wood's lawyers mark a new legal tactic in death penalty cases. Wood's attorneys want his execution delayed until officials provide the information and argued his First Amendment rights were violated by the state's refusal to provide key details, such as the makers of the drugs and how the state developed its method for lethal injections. Two other Arizona death row inmates prevailed last year in making First Amendment arguments, but the judge in Wood's case said there's no case law to back up his lawyers' claims that they are entitled to that information. Read More. |
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