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Lethal Injection Roundup

By Steve Hall

Two Tuesday developments are in the news today.A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals refused to lift a stay of execution of an Arkansas inmate who has challenged the state's lethal injection procedure.  The Arkansas News Bureau reports, "Governor Halts Execution After Court Declines To Lift Stay."Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday ordered a halt to execution preparations for Jack Harold Jones Jr. after a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis decided not to take any action on a request to dissolve a stay of execution issued last week.Jones? execution was scheduled for Tuesday night.Beebe?s office said in a statement that the governor ordered the state Department of Correction to stop any preparations for the execution pending further rulings and orders by the courts...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 17, 2010 (boomark / email).