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Washington Lethal Injection Trial Completed

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"Lethal-injection trial wraps up," is the AP report via the Seattle Times.Arguments wrapped up Tuesday in a civil trial questioning Washington's lethal injection system, with lawyers for three death row inmates arguing the state's preferred execution method needs a major overhaul to satisfy bans on cruel punishment. Attorneys for the Department of Corrections countered that Washington's lethal injection system passes constitutional tests because it is substantially similar to a Kentucky system upheld last year by the U.S. Supreme Court. The lawsuit does not seek to end the death penalty in Washington. Instead, the inmates' lawyers are asking the state to trade its current mix of fatal drugs for a large dose of a powerful sedative, which they say could kill a condemned person with virtually no risk of pain or suffering...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).