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Is Lethal Injection Cruel and Unusual?
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the question of whether lethal injection carries too great a risk of inflicting excruciating pain. Until the matter is resolved, executions have effectively stopped altogether.

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