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Attorneys Say Delaware Execution Went Bad

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That's the title of an AP dispatch written by Randall Chase.  LINKAttorneys challenging Delaware's use of lethal injection claim the state botched a 2005 execution, but a federal judge suggested Monday that she may not consider past executions in deciding whether the method is constitutional. At the start of the hearing, U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson said her decision would rest on whether Delaware's lethal injection protocol is significantly different from Kentucky's, which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in April. But after hearing from attorneys, Robinson did not rule out looking at previous executions. She did not indicate when she would make that decision, but scheduled a Sept. 10 hearing to hear from expert witnesses on the differences between the Kentucky and Delaware protocols...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 24, 2008 (boomark / email).