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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
The latest on California’s lethal injection litigation
Main June 1, 2007The latest on California's lethal injection litigationThis AP story provides the lastest news concerning California's efforts to convince a federal judge it should be allowed to get…
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Split Sixth Circuit deniesen bancreview of Ohio lethal injection litigation
Main June 1, 2007Split Sixth Circuit denies en banc review of Ohio lethal injection litigationThree months ago, as noted here, a split Sixth Circuit panel in Cooey v. Taft declared…
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Reentry job for Dr. Death: lethal injection consultant
Main May 27, 2007Reentry job for Dr. Death: lethal injection consultant As detailed in this interesting AP article, Dr. Jack Kevorkian is scheduled to be released from state prison in…
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Coverage of the new California execution protocol
Main May 16, 2007Coverage of the new California execution protocolHow Appealing has collected here all the major media coverage of California's new lethal injection protocol (basics here). These snippets from…
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Latest filings in California lethal injection scrummage
Main May 15, 2007Latest filings in California lethal injection scrummage A helpful reader just sent me copies of two filings today by the state of California in its on-going legal…
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Florida ready to get back to executions
Main May 9, 2007Florida ready to get back to executionsAs detailed in this Reuters article, Florida appears poised to get back to the business of lethal injection after a hiatus…
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Tennessee’s lethal injection execution
Main May 9, 2007Tennessee's lethal injection executionAs detailed in this AP report and this local article, in Tennessee Phillip Workman "was executed by lethal injection early Wednesday after state and…
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Tennessee execution disrupted by lethal injection scrummage
Main May 5, 2007Tennessee execution disrupted by lethal injection scrummageAs this local story details, Tennessee's "plans to execute convicted cop killer Philip Workman on Wednesday stalled Friday when a federal…
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April litigation still brings May executions
Main May 4, 2007April litigation still brings May executionsIt was a cold dark winter for death penalty fans in 2007, with only one execution nationwide in any state other than…
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Some lethal injection headline highlights
Main May 2, 2007Some lethal injection headline highlightsLots of headlines nationwide about a variety of lethal injection litigation development. All of these stories come from the AP:Missouri dismisses dyslexic executionerJudge…