Sentences with phrase «lethal injection procedure»

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.»

By casting the net wide enough to capture 83 prisoners who presumably were just minding their own business training for the upcoming Spring prison rodeo (I have been to the October version, and, think what you will about the concept, I must say Warden Cain puts on a hell of a show), the state seeks to have the court «formally declare, once and for all» that the lethal injection procedure is not subject to the state APA.

Judge Craig Estlinbaum, on the Adjunct Law Prof Blog, brings us the news that the state of Louisiana decided to go on the offensive in response to a challenge to its lethal injection procedures.

But in Maryland, as this Baltimore Sun article details, an «administrative law judge has issued a decision in... that could force Maryland to redevelop its lethal injection procedures.»

Not exact matches

Under the proposed legislation lethal injection using sodium pentobarbital or a derivative, a procedure known as EBI, would be the only allowed method of euthanasia for animals in North Carolina's public shelters.

Veterinary technicians certified in lethal injection euthanasia perform each procedure.

The cases include some interesting issues, such as the constitutionality of requiring voters to show a photo ID before they may vote; the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection where the procedure poses a risk of pain and suffering in violation of the Eighth Amendment ban on «cruel and unusual punishment»; and a Fourth Amendment case involving an unlawful search under state law that Volokh conspirator and Fourth Amendment guru Orin Kerr is interested in.

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.

D.C. Circuit allows federal death row inmate to intervene in lawsuit challenging the federal government's method of carrying out lethal injections and its failure to disclose its execution procedures: You can access today's ruling of a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.