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Saturday, March 31, 2007
Ind. Decisions - Still more on lethal injection challenge pending before federal judge
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, which quoted from an AP story on the action challenging Indiana lethal injection procedures that is pending before U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young, the Louisville Courier Journal has this AP story today about a similar challenge pending before a federal judge in Kentucky. It begins:
Kentucky's executioners can be questioned about their training and qualifications by attorneys for a death row inmate challenging the use of lethal injection, a federal judge ruled yesterday.Members of the execution team could remain anonymous, but their background, training and experience could be explored, according to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell in Lexington.
The decision came in the case of Brian Keith Moore, who is awaiting execution for a 1979 murder in Louisville.
He is challenging the use of lethal injection on grounds that the drugs used will cause him excruciating pain in violation of the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 31, 2007 03:49 PM
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