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Lethal Injection Round-Up

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I'll be putting the Medellin case in the next post because of different tags, but here is a round-up of other lethal injection news from Georgia, Ohio, South Dakota, and Mississippi. First, from Georgia, AP reports, "Ga. execution would be first since Supreme Court ruling."  Here's the lede.  The article also reports on the Medellin execution date in Texas and the Berry execution date in Mississippi.Georgia moved forward with preparations to execute a convicted killer, who on Tuesday night could become the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a three-drug lethal injection procedure. Barring a last-minute reprieve from the courts, William Earl Lynd will be put to death at 7 p...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 06, 2008 (boomark / email).