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North Carolina's Lethal Injection Challenge

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"Judge wants to hear arguments in NC execution case," is the AP report via the Raleigh News & Observer.  It's written by Estes Thompson.  Here's an extended excerpt:A state court judge said Thursday he wants to hear arguments from lawyers for the state and condemned inmates in a case over how executions are performed in a fight that has brought capital punishment to a halt in the state. "I'm not going to decide anything today," said Wake Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens after more than two hours of discussion. "I believe (condemned inmates) have a right to be heard." Attorneys for several death row inmates told Stephens that the Council of State, which is made up of elected state officials, shouldn't have approved a revised protocol for lethal injection that required a doctor to be present...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 17, 2008 (boomark / email).