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North Carolina Lethal Injection Procedure Examined

By Steve Hall

WRAL-TV posts, "Death penalty debate hinges on administrative procedures." The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that could change how the death penalty is administered. Lawyers for five death row inmates contend that an administrative law judge was right to order state officials in 2007 to revamp North Carolina's protocol for executions. "The execution protocol will subject inmates to substantial risks of excruciating pain and suffering," said David Weiss, one of the attorneys for the inmates. The Council of State has to approve changes to death penalty procedures, but Assistant Attorney General Joe Finarelli argued that the administrative law judge never had the jurisdiction to order any changes...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 14, 2011 (boomark / email).