Kentucky lethal injection ruling [KY SC]

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Kentucky lethal injection ruling [KY SC]

November 23, 2006 08:02:00 pm

Baze v. Rees, Supreme Court of Kentucky, November 22, 2006 [ruling that the state's use of a three-drug lethal injection does not violate the constitution because the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment "does not require a complete absence of pain."]. Read the full text of the ruling [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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