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Judge OKs Georgia LI Method

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, "Federal judge says Ga. lethal injection method OK."A federal judge in Atlanta on Wednesday rejected arguments that Georgia's method of execution by lethal injection is unconstitutional. Ruling from the bench after 90 minutes of arguments, U.S. District Court Judge Beverly Martin found Georgia's procedures similar enough to Kentucky's, which were upheld last month by the U.S. Supreme Court. "In some ways, it seems a little bit better the way they try to do it in Georgia," she said. Martin denied relief to condemned killer Jack Alderman, convicted of killing his wife outside of Savannah in 1974. Her ruling also clears the way for Tuesday's planned execution of William Lynd for killing his girlfriend in Berrien County in 1988...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).

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