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Third Circuit Upholds Delaware's Lethal Injection Procedure

By Steve Hall

The opinion is here, in Adobe .pdf format.The Wilmington News Journal reports, "Court upholds state's death penalty."  It's written by Sean O'Sullivan.Delaware's death penalty was upheld as constitutional on Monday, paving the way for executions -- on hold since May 2006 -- to resume.Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said Monday he was pleased the court ruled that Delaware is meeting its constitutional obligations and that his office will be working with Superior Court to begin "scheduling executions as appropriate."Biden said the three-year delay "caused uncertainty, and I'm glad this has resolved that uncertainty."In its 47-page opinion, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals warned Delaware about "the worrisome course it appears to have taken at times" in executions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 02, 2010 (boomark / email).