Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 26, 2006 15:29:36 GMT -5
CURRENT CHALLENGES
Since the beginning of the year, challenges to lethal injection have
caused what one federal appeals court dubbed a "dysfunctional patchwork''
of results across the country. Here is a snapshot of what has been
happening in other states:
Missouri: A federal judge this month gave the state until late October to
revise its lethal injection procedures.
Tennessee: A federal appeals court this month stayed the execution of an
inmate who had chosen the electric chair over lethal injection.
South Dakota: The governor this summer put a halt to executions until the
state can revise its lethal injection procedures.
Arkansas: A federal judge has put executions on hold to consider a
challenge to lethal injection.
North Carolina: A federal judge allowed an execution to go forward only
after the state opted to use a new device that can monitor an inmate's
consciousness during an execution.
Florida: State last week executed Clarence Hill, whose challenge to lethal
injection led to new guidance this spring from the U.S. Supreme Court on
how such cases can proceed.
[Source: Death Penalty Information Center and Mercury News research]
(source: Mercury News)
Since the beginning of the year, challenges to lethal injection have
caused what one federal appeals court dubbed a "dysfunctional patchwork''
of results across the country. Here is a snapshot of what has been
happening in other states:
Missouri: A federal judge this month gave the state until late October to
revise its lethal injection procedures.
Tennessee: A federal appeals court this month stayed the execution of an
inmate who had chosen the electric chair over lethal injection.
South Dakota: The governor this summer put a halt to executions until the
state can revise its lethal injection procedures.
Arkansas: A federal judge has put executions on hold to consider a
challenge to lethal injection.
North Carolina: A federal judge allowed an execution to go forward only
after the state opted to use a new device that can monitor an inmate's
consciousness during an execution.
Florida: State last week executed Clarence Hill, whose challenge to lethal
injection led to new guidance this spring from the U.S. Supreme Court on
how such cases can proceed.
[Source: Death Penalty Information Center and Mercury News research]
(source: Mercury News)