Lethal injection protocol ruling [US SC]
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Baze v. Rees, US Supreme Court, April 16, 2008 [ruling that Kentucky's lethal injection procedure does not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.
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