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Lethal Injection and Medical Ethics

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"Washington prison doctor resigns over executions," is from the December 25th Seattle Times.The head doctor of the Washington Department of Corrections says two professional groups support his decision to resign rather than be involved in an execution because of medical ethics. Dr. Marc Stern told The Olympian newspaper that using doctors to prepare for an execution is unethical, adding that the American Medical Association and the Society of Correctional Physicians oppose doctor involvement in executions. Stern says the only way he could find to take himself out of the execution plan for convicted murderer Darold Ray Stenson was to resign. The execution had been scheduled for December but has been postponed for at least three months...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 29, 2008 (boomark / email).