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  • Supreme Court debates the way that states execute killers

    04/26/2006 8:55:48 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 59 replies · 1,157+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 4/26/06 | Gina Holland - ap
    Supreme Court justices clashed on Wednesday over how states execute killers, with one court member saying current lethal-injection drugs would not be used on cats and dogs and a second arguing that executions do not have to be pain-free. The court blocked Florida, at the last minute, from executing Clarence Hill in January, as Hill lay on a gurney with IV lines in his arms. The justices took up his case with a lively and sometimes contentious discussion about the way states carry out capital punishment. The court's ruling will determine whether inmates can file last-minute civil rights challenges claiming...