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Death penalty barrier lifted

Ruling says N.C. Medical Board can't stop doctors from monitoring executions, but other legal issues remain.By Sarah Ovaskasarah.ovaska@newsobserver.comPosted: Saturday, May. 02, 2009RALEIGH In a major decision in the debate over the death penalty, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the N.C. Medical Board can't prevent doctors from participating in executions.The 4-3 decision addressed one of several legal challenges that have led to North Carolina's de facto moratorium on execution by lethal injection for more than two years.The N.C. Department of Correction sued the medical board after Central Prison's warden couldn't find physicians willing to risk disciplinary action by monitoring executions. The board licenses and disciplines doctors, and had held that participation violates a doctor's core ethical duty to preserve life...continue to full post

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