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"Other states watching Arkansas lethal injection case"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this AP article discussing arguments yesterday in the Eighth Circuit.  Here is how it starts: An attorney for four Arkansas death row inmates who are challenging the state's lethal injection procedure told a federal appeals court panel Thursday that even with new methods in place, the process can cause pain and suffering. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case filed on behalf of convicted killers Don William Davis, Jack Harold Jones Jr., Terrick Nooner and Frank Williams Jr. Other death penalty states are watching the outcome, which isn't expected for several weeks. In fact, an attorney for Missouri death row inmate Reginald Clemons was in court to observe. The issue also drew attention earlier this month after a failed attempt to execute an inmate in Ohio...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).