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Article: VAO NEWS: U.S. SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LETHAL INJECTION

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September 25, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Jim Malone

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take a case that will determine whether the use of lethal injections to execute criminals violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington.

The Supreme Court term begins next week, and one of the cases the high court has agreed to hear involves appeals from two death row inmates in the state of Kentucky.

The two prisoners sued Kentucky two years ago, claiming the use of lethal injections to administer the death penalty violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

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