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Supreme Court to Review Legality of Lethal Injection

Supreme Court to Review Legality of Lethal Injection

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the use of lethal injections to execute death row prisoners is constitutional or if it violates the Eight Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments. A report released by Amnesty International today catalogues the instances of painful and inhumane executions using lethal injections. It calls on health professionals to refuse to participate in executions. We speak with Brian Evans of Amnesty’s Program to Abolish the Death Penalty. [includes rush transcript]

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