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Article: Supreme Court considers whether lethal injections inflict excessive pain.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- September 26, 2007
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Byline: Michael Grabell
Sep. 26--The Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the current three-drug cocktail used in most lethal injections in the U.S. violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
But that didn't stop Texas from executing a Houston-area man Tuesday night after the high court rejected his last-minute request for a reprieve pending the review.
The court's decision to examine lethal injection could still effectively lead to a temporary nationwide moratorium on the death penalty if lower courts decide to wait for a definitive ruling.
"In one sense, the case has extraordinary significance because it ...