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Stevens alters stance on lethal-injection methods

Stevens alters stance on lethal-injection methods http://www.orlandosentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/orl-stevens1108may11,0,4444089.story The Associated Press May 11, 2008 CHATTANOOGA, 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' comments Friday night came a month after he voted with a majority of the Supreme Court to approve the most widely used method of lethal injection, while saying for the first time that he now thinks the death penalty is unconstitutional.According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Stevens told an audience of judges and lawyers that 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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