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Lethal Injection Round-Up

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Arkansas is set to modify its lethal injection procedure.  Noel Oman reports, "Arkansas to proceed with executions," in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.The state will resume executing death-row inmates by lethal injection after making protocol changes to better conform with a recent U. S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the procedure. Gov. Mike Beebe made the decision Thursday after conferring with Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, said Matt DeCample, a spokesman for Beebe. ?This morning he authorized the [Arkansas Department of Correction ], at the recommendation of the attorney general, to make a few changes in the protocol, and then the attorney general, at his discretion, will begin sending letters on inmates who are basically cleared of legal action, and the executions can proceed,? DeCample said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).