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Supreme Court: Lethal Injection Procedure May Be Challenged Via § 1983

by John E. Dannenberg

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held that a condemned prisoner's challenge to the procedure used in lethal injection may be brought in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and need not be brought in habeas corpus. The Court distinguished a challenge to the lawfulness of a sentence or ...

 

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