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The Lethal Injection Debate in Arkansas

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The Arkansas News Bureau reports this afternoon, "Supreme Court to hear case challenging lethal injection."  It's written by Rob Moritz.The state Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for May 28 in condemned killer Frank Williams Jr.?s lawsuit challenging the process the state Department of Correction uses in adopting rules regarding lethal injection. The state attorney general?s office said it planned to file a motion as early as today asking the high court to dismiss the case because the Legislature addressed issues raised in the lawsuit during its regular session that ended last week. ?It will be our position that the new law renders Mr. Williams? lawsuit moot,? Chief Deputy Attorney General Justin Allen said. Williams, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in the 1992 shooting death of Bradley farmer Clyde Spence, filed the lawsuit last year arguing the state Department of Correction failed to comply with the state Administrative Procedures Act when it adopted rules regarding lethal injection without taking public comments...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).