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The Lethal Injection Challenge in Kentucky

By Steve Hall

The AP reports, "Ky. judge weighs challenge to lethal injection."  It's written by Brett Barrouquere and appears in today's Lexington Herald-Leader. A state judge said Wednesday he would soon decide whether three death row inmates have properly challenged the way the state's new lethal injection protocol was adopted and possibly on the merits of whether the method itself needs to be re-examined."These questions need to be answered and they need to be answered promptly," said Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd.The state Supreme Court in November barred Kentucky from conducting executions, finding that officials improperly adopted the three-drug injection method. The state Justice Cabinet, which oversees the protocol, adopted some changes to it and a pair of legislative committees approved the method...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).