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That's the title of an editorial from the Sunday edition of North Carolina's News & Observer.  It's subtitled, "The state Supreme Court, saying doctors shouldn't be disciplined for having a role in executions, misfires on medical ethics." The unseemly practice of "medicalizing" executions has now produced an unpersuasive state Supreme Court opinion that justifies doing more of the same, despite all its contradictions. If and when executions resume in North Carolina -- Republicans in the legislature are eager for a quick restart -- it could well be with as much controversy as in the tangle of conflicting agencies and obligations that prompted the lawsuit that was before the court.The case involves issues of government power -- who has the final say over state-created agencies? -- and professional ethics...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).