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Missouri Lethal Injection Proecedure Ruled Legal

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The opinion is Middleton, et al v. Missouri Department of Correction.  A summary is here."Missouri high court ruling could clear way for setting of execution dates to resume," is Tony Rizzo's report in today's Kansas City Star.Missouri?s procedure for executing condemned prisoners was adopted legally, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a close decision.Seventeen men on death row, including Kansas City killers Roderick Nunley and Michael Taylor, had sued, challenging how the Department of Corrections adopted the lethal injection procedures in 2006 without first providing notice and the opportunity for public comment.They contended that it violated Missouri?s statute on rule making. A lower court had dismissed the lawsuit, and the Supreme Court upheld that ruling in a 4-3 decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).