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Arizonans Must Seek Truth About Executions

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That's the title of an OpEd in the Arizona Daily Star by John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute.  LINKWithout transparency in government, those in power fall prey to corruption and incompetence. This fact is epitomized by the Arizona Department of Corrections' decision to hire Dr. Alan Doerhoff ? the only doctor ever to be banned by a federal court from participating in executions ? to administer the state's lethal injections. Thanks to recent investigative news reports, Arizonans know why the department wanted to keep Doerhoff's involvement in executions secret. Doerhoff is dyslexic and has testified that he sometimes confuses dosages during lethal injections. He has been barred from practicing medicine in two Missouri hospitals and has been sued for malpractice more than 20 times...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 21, 2008 (boomark / email).