Sentences with phrase «lethal injection»
"Lethal injection" is a method used to cause someone's death by injecting them with a deadly substance, usually in the form of a liquid, to end their life. Full definition
They challenged the execution by lethal injection on the grounds that it was unconstitutional as a method by which a capital sentence should be carried out.
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Sadly, that plight ended today with one dose of lethal injection on a dog who did absolutely nothing wrong.
The county currently uses lethal injection about 65 % of the time compared to 71 % statewide.
With lethal injections, it would be obvious that we are in the business of killing people.
But numerous other states have made moves to obtain lethal injection drugs and revive their death chambers.
Now in 2011 there are 5 shelter staff actually certified to perform lethal injections.
The county switched to humane lethal injection for euthanasia.
If they must be put to sleep, it's through lethal injection.
No, a day won't come when the euthanasia police kick down doors and force unwanted lethal injections upon the sick and elderly.
What concerned you and your colleagues about the way lethal injections are administered?
Although lethal injections appear to be medical procedures, the similarities are just so much theater.
This specific lethal injection hits closer to home: the mentally - challenged man about to die killed a police officer, her father's longtime partner.
The staff and resources to make the switch to the more humane, cost effective lethal injection are there; the commissioners need only vote yes to make it happen.
The federal government, much like the states, has not been able to obtain lethal injection drugs.
They will be put to death by lethal injection, the customary method of euthanasia at the county's shelter.
The Supreme Court's Hill decision on procedures for challenging lethal injection protocols in federal court (basics here, commentary here and here and here) just marks the start of another chapter in the saga of constitutional challenges to execution methods.
'' Survey of Lethal Injection Litigation from StandDown Texas Project Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy has a survey of lethal injection litigation here.
Lorin «Tom» LaCrosse, who remains on the job while appealing a one - day suspension, said in a signed statement that Murray has «slung (animals) against the wall» when they did not die promptly after being given lethal injections.
As detailed in press reports here and here, a «federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday rejected that state's lethal injection procedure for the third time, saying it was inadequate to ensure that condemned inmates did not suffer unnecessary pain during executions.»
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer also used our studies as part of his research for Baze v. Rees in 2008, which upheld an earlier ruling in Kentucky that the state's approach to administering lethal injections does not violate the «cruel and unusual punishments» ban promised in the Eighth Amendment.
But I must note that this report from the Ohio Death Penalty Information blog suggests that Ohio has now joined the ranks of states with de facto moratoriums on executions resulting from lethal injection litigation.
«In the face of such orders and the ethical dilemmas to which they give rise, medical professionals likely would decline to serve as expert witnesses in lethal injection cases in the first place, robbing the parties and the courts of appropriate expert testimony that would assist them in accurately adjudicating the important constitutional issues this and similar cases present,» the authors write in the brief.
In fact, the county points to the veterinary costs for lethal injection as a reason to use CO gas chambers!
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In a separate case, Patrick Hannon was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke at 8:50 p.m. local time, said Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman Ashley Cook.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a Missouri murderer's bid to avoid execution by lethal injection because it might rupture blood - filled tumors on his body due to a rare ailment, and he has suggested being put to death by gas.
The National Animal Control Association (NACA) issued the following policy statement in September, 2010: «NACA considers lethal injection of sodium pentobarbital, administered by competent, trained personnel, to be the only method of choice utilized for humane euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»
I tend to think that things like lethal injection are a little too antiseptic.
In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court (pdf) upheld a lower court ruling that the state of Kentucky's three - drug method of lethal injection did not constitute «cruel and unusual punishment,» as defined by the Eighth Amendment.
'' A Question Doug Berman Has Asked Before from StandDown Texas Project Is it finally time for Congress to do something about lethal injection problems, at his Sentencing Law Policy blog.
«Fascinating article about serving white - collar federal time Main Latest filings in California lethal injection scrummage»
This includes rumours that health workers give patients lethal injections in ambulances, that medics spread the virus deliberately, that witchcraft is to blame and denial that Ebola even exists.
Also, as Crime & Consequences notes here, some of the state lethal injection litigation has made its way back to the Court in new cert petition.
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Chadwick Banks, 43, was put to death by lethal injection Thursday night at Florida State Prison for the 1992 slaying of his stepdaughter and wife, shooting Horny Tube - The largest Stepdaughter tube index site!
While lethal injection uses barbiturates, anti epileptics and some respiratory relaxers.
Instead, the commission unanimously approved a motion by Commissioner Fred McClure that recognizes lethal injection as the preferred method of euthanasia that should be used whenever possible.
The report attributed the rise to a de facto moratorium on executions for four months in 2008 while the Supreme Court considered a case involving lethal injections.
In Arkansas, as explained in this AP article, the litigation over lethal injection is raging in federal district court.
«Florida legislator introduces bill to replace lethal injection with firing squad as execution method Main «Should sentences reflect the will of the public?»»
«Medical ethicists challenge court ruling on lethal injection in Alabama case: Ruling in death penalty case would have a chilling effect on physicians» willingness to serve as experts in capital punishment trials.»
That's a problem for places like Texas, which only has enough drugs for two more lethal injections (both of which are on the table for next week.)
Now that Hospira has stopped making the drug and the United Kingdom has controlled export, will a lack of sodium thiopental end lethal injection in the United States?
So, why isn't the shelter using lethal injection instead of a CO gas chamber?