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Death Penalty Scrutinized: Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Drug Execution; Ten States Suspend Executions

by John E. Dannenberg

The death penalty has come under renewed scrutiny nationwide with nine states suspending executions by lethal injection. Serious questions have been raised both as to Eighth Amendment concerns of excessive pain during this allegedly anesthetized procedure, as well as how to administer anesthetics lawfully without employing ...

 

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