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Execution in Georgia

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Georgia carried out the first execution of 2008, this evening.  It marks the first execution in America since September 25, 2007 when the Supreme Court agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injection executions through the Kentucky case, Baze v. Rees. AP has this report, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on the execution of William Earl Lynd. It was the 1,100th execution in America since 1977. Last month, in a narrow, splintered opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky's lethal injection procedure was constitutional -- and by extension, those in states with substantially similar protocols.  This evening, the Supreme Court refused to issue a stay of execution in the Lynd case. Following the Baze ruling a handful of states quickly began setting execution dates...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 06, 2008 (boomark / email).