March 25, 2008
US court questions legality of lethal injections
Capital punishment is back in the headlines in the United States, as the Supreme Court prepares to hand down a crucial ruling on the legality of lethal injections.
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The Supreme Court is currently considering whether prisoners suffer pain during the lethal injection process. A growing number of doctors believe inmates do. Mr Givens had no medical training and yet he was expected to insert needles, mix drugs and perform complicated procedures. If a mistake is made, the inmate could be tortured to death…
LINK - ABC News
