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The Kansas City Star's Tony Rizzo reports, " Anesthesiologist joins Missouri's execution team, violating ethical guidelines."Despite the medical profession?s ethical guidelines against it, an anesthesiologist has joined the team that will carry out executions in Missouri. The doctor?s presence on the team was revealed recently in a federal court case brought by several death row inmates concerning the qualifications and training of Missouri?s execution team members. With all the pieces of its execution team apparently in place, the state is now ready after a hiatus of 2½ years to once again execute condemned prisoners whenever the Missouri Supreme Court issues the order. The Missouri Department of Corrections will not reveal the doctor?s name or specific role on the team...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 26, 2008 (boomark / email).