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Lethal Injection Challenge in Washington State Dismissed

By Steve Hall

"Wash. high court lifts stay of execution for Brown," is the title of the AP dispatch filed by Rachel La Corte.Washington state's Supreme Court has lifted the stay of execution for a death row inmate who claimed the state's method of lethal injection violated constitutional bans on cruel and unusual punishment.The high court unanimously ruled Thursday that Cal Coburn Brown's claims are moot because the state Department of Corrections changed its method of execution earlier this year from a three-drug cocktail to a one-drug system.The Seattle Times has posted, "State Supreme Court lifts stay of execution for convicted murderer."  It's written by Jonathan Martin.The Washington State Supreme Court upheld the state's use of lethal injection for condemned inmates on Thursday, likely resulting in at least one execution in September...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 29, 2010 (boomark / email).