Article: Methods of execution and their effect on the use of the death penalty in the United States.(The Lethal Injection Debate: Law and Science)

INTRODUCTION

The legal controversy surrounding lethal injections as a method of execution has profoundly affected the use of the death penalty in the United States in recent years. Unlike previous attacks on various methods of executions, the latest challenges to lethal injection have already held up more executions, and for a longer time than appeals involving such broad issues as race, innocence, and mental competency. These delays, and the incompetence with which some states carry out lethal injections, may also have a broader effect on the public's acceptance of capital punishment.

This Article examines the direct effect of this debate on executions, on death ...

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