Va., Del. death row inmates challenge lethal injections
May 15, 2008 | National News
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Attorneys for death row inmates in Virginia and Delaware argued Wednesday that their states' lethal injection procedures need changing despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the most widely used method of execution.
Some of the 35 states that use lethal injection moved swiftly to schedule executions put on hold for seven months while the Supreme Court considered a Kentucky case arguing that lethal injection was cruel and unusual punishment. Georgia became the first to kill an inmate last week.
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