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Washington State's Lethal Injection Team Resigns

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That's the title of a report today at KUOW-FM by Patricia Murphy.  You can listen to the report at the LINKThe members of Washington state's execution team have resigned. The members stepped down because they feared their anonymity was at risk.The state's execution team consists of four people. They're responsible for inserting IV lines and administering drugs during a lethal injection. The state requires that they have experience drawing blood or providing emergency medical care. But attorneys for three death row inmates say the procedure is too nuanced to be performed humanely under the states guidelines. They want information about the team member's qualifications to perform this job. But rather then turn that information over the team members resigned...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).