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Lethal Injection Challenge Dismissed in Arkansas

By Steve Hall

The Arkansas News Bureau reports, "Judge dismisses suit challenging lethal injection law," written by Rob Moritz.A federal judge has dismissed a death-row inmate?s lawsuit challenging Arkansas? year-old law that details the state?s lethal injection procedures. In the lawsuit, condemned killer Marcel Wayne Williams of North Little Rock argued the state?s Methods of Execution Act of 2009 prohibited him from learning how his execution would be carried out because some details are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.He argued he had no way to know whether he would be subject to cruel and unusual punishment.U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes rejected Williams? argument in an order issued Tuesday.In a nine-page ruling, Holmes said the choice of chemicals that may be injected, including the quantity, method and order of administration, is available to the public under the FOI...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 04, 2010 (boomark / email).