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For anyone who has ever quit a job because their morals required it….

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Doctors may not ethically participate in executions.  In Washington, the top medical officer at DoC resigned rather than participate in supervising those who will implement the execution warrant.  From the Olympian The state Department of Corrections’ top medical officer has resigned, saying that the use of agency staff members to prepare for an execution is unethical. Dr. Marc Stern, who lives in Olympia, said the American Medical Association and Society of Correctional Physicians oppose physician involvement in executions, “and they say physicians should not supervise somebody who is involved in executions.” “The only way out we found was for me to recuse myself, and the only way I could recuse myself was to resign,” he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 24, 2008 (boomark / email).