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Lethal Injection Round-Up

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In Mississippi, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger carries an AP report, "Inmates' execution lawsuit thrown out."A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday filed by four death row inmates who claim Mississippi?s method of lethal injection is unconstitutional because it could cause pain. Attorney General Jim Hood said the ruling clears the way for one of the condemned prisoners, Dale Leo Bishop, to be executed July 23. Bishop was one of four inmates who filed the lawsuit in October 2007. His attorneys filed an urgent motion Monday asking for an injunction because of the upcoming execution. U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper dismissed the lawsuit in a 15-page ruling, saying the inmates were barred by a statute of limitations. Bishop?s attorneys said they will appeal Tuesday?s ruling to the 5th U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).