Missouri lethal injection procedures ruling [8th Circuit] News
Missouri lethal injection procedures ruling [8th Circuit]

Michael Anthony Taylor v. Larry Crawford, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections; James D. Purkett, Superintendent, Eastern Reception Diagnostic & Correctional Center, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, June 4, 2007 [holding that Missouri's lethal injection procedures do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment]. Read the full text of the decision [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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