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Lethal Injection Painful, Study Suggests; U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Issue

by Michael Rigby

Hundreds of prisoners killed by lethal injectionthe preferred method of execution in 37 states and the federal Bureau of Prisonsmay have suffered agonizing deaths due to a routine failure to administer enough anesthesia, according to a recent study. Reviewing toxicology data from 49 executions, researchers in Virginia ...

 

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