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Kentucky Puts Forth Execution Protocol

By Steve Hall

"State releases plan for execution procedure," is the title of Brett Barrouquere's AP report via the Louisville Courier-Journal.Kentucky released its execution protocols for the first time Wednesday, and the public and legislators will get a chance to comment on the rules next year.It's ultimately up to Gov. Steve Beshear to readopt the procedure or any changes.The protocol covers a variety of areas, ranging from how quickly an inmate must become unconscious to when a coroner and physician are called in to certify death.After fighting for several years to keep the protocol secret, the state released it just weeks after the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that it hadn?t been properly adopted. The court barred any executions until the method was redone...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).