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High Court OKs Executions; Texas Court Hasn't

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That's the title of John Moritz' article in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram on the status of lethal injection in Texas.  LINK-- Less than a week after upholding the constitutionality of lethal injections, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Texas and two other states the go-ahead to resume executions after a seven-month hiatus. But until the state's highest criminal court resolves questions about Texas' use of lethal injections raised in an appeal by an Arlington killer, the death chamber in Huntsville will likely remain quiet a little longer, a prominent defense lawyer said. "I expect it will be Katie bar the door when it comes to judges setting execution dates in Texas," said David Dow, who runs the University of Houston Law Center...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).

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