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Capital Doubts

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That's the title of an article at Christianity Today.  LINKThe U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments against Kentucky's lethal injection procedure in January, as attorneys for two death row inmates contended that when done incorrectly, the procedure?which involves three shots to numb, paralyze, and kill?can cause extreme pain to the prisoner. While the issue before the Supreme Court is narrow, the national mood on capital punishment itself seems to be shifting. New Jersey became the 14th state to outlaw executions in December 2007. And a Pew Forum poll taken last August found that public support for capital punishment has dropped to 62 percent from a high of 80 percent in 1994. White evangelicals are still the death penalty's strongest supporters, with 74 percent approval, but that is down from 82 percent in 1996...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 19, 2008 (boomark / email).