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Article: Supreme Court Rules on Lethal Injections
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- June 12, 2006
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GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-12-2006
Dateline: WASHINGTON
In this undated photo provided by the Florida Department of Corrections, death row inmate Clarence Hill is shown. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday, June 12, 2006, that the nation's death row inmates can file last-minute challenges to lethal injection after they've exhausted their regular appeals. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections)
The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for death row inmates to contest the lethal injections used across the country for executions and to get DNA evidence before judges in a pair of rulings that hinted at fresh caution on capital punishment.
The decisions, both ...