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Execution Ruling May Not End Impasse

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That's the title of an opinion column in North Carolina's  Greensboro News-Record.  It's written by Doug Clark.  LINKIt's not often that matters of life and death depend on the meaning of an ordinary word. But, as I read it, that was the issue in last week's capital punishment ruling by a closely divided N.C. Supreme Court. The question is what the legislature intended by writing into state law the requirement that a physician must be "present" at lethal-injection executions. No specific role is spelled out. That suited the N.C. Medical Board, which governs professional standards, including ethics. In January 2007, the board adopted a statement asserting that physicians should not play any active role in executions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).