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Lethal Injection
639 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
An update on just some of the uncertainty surrounding North Carolina’s death penalty
Main October 3, 2012An update on just some of the uncertainty surrounding North Carolina's death penalty North Carolina is not only a notable election swing state, but also a state…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Montana state judge finds state’s execution protocol unconstitutional
Main September 9, 2012Montana state judge finds state's execution protocol unconstitutional As reported in this local article, late last week a state "judge [said] Montana must change the way it…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable assessment of California’s ugly lethal injection litigation
Main July 31, 2012Notable assessment of California's ugly lethal injection litigationDebra Saunders always brings an interesting perspective to sentencing debates, and her latest piece discussing California litigation over lethal injection…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Georgia Supreme Court grant stay on protocol litigation, not MR issues, for Warren Hill
Main July 24, 2012Georgia Supreme Court grant stay on protocol litigation, not MR issues, for Warren Hill As reported in this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article, the ""Georgia Supreme Court on Monday…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Kentucky considering one-drug protocol four years afterBazeapproved its three-drug approach
Main July 21, 2012Kentucky considering one-drug protocol four years after Baze approved its three-drug approachThis local article, headlined "Kentucky proposes single-drug execution method," reports that the state which successfully defended…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Drug scarcity, not litigation, has Texas moving to one-drug execution protocol
Main July 11, 2012Drug scarcity, not litigation, has Texas moving to one-drug execution protocolThe last decade has seen huge (and hugely expensive) constitutional litigation in state and federal courts throughout…
Sentencing Law and Policy
State judge oreders Kentucky to consider one-drug protocol for lethal injections
Main April 26, 2012State judge oreders Kentucky to consider one-drug protocol for lethal injectionsFor no obvious reason, today seems like it is full of lethal injection news in the states.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Defense lawyer in Arizona troubled by shaking of condemned during one-drug execution
Main April 26, 2012Defense lawyer in Arizona troubled by shaking of condemned during one-drug executionAdvocates for reforming lethal injection protocols have pushed for states to switch from three-drug approaches to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Murder victim’s family sues to enforce California death penalty”
Main April 20, 2012"Murder victim’s family sues to enforce California death penalty"The title of this post is the headline of this press release from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, which…
Drug & Device Law
FDA Doesn’t Have the Discretion It Thought It Had
Of all the areas in which we’d have expected to see the FDA’s discretionary wings clipped, drugs used in lethal injection executions didn’t come to mind. But we recently read…