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Posted on Sat, May. 10, 2008

Posted on Sat, May. 10, 2008Tenn. Supreme Court Justice derides lethal injectionThe Associated PressCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do.Stevens drew a round of applause for his comments Friday night in Chattanooga at the 68th conference of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.The comments were reported in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.According to the newspaper, in brief remarks Stevens told the audience he checked into the procedure used to kill Eight Belles and was surprised to learn it is against the law in Kentucky to kill animals using one of the drugs in a three-drug lethal injection cocktail that many states, including Kentucky, use to execute prisoners...continue to full post

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