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Another North Carolina Ruling on Lethal Injection

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Raleigh's News & Observer reports, "Ruling lifts a barrier to execution."  It's written by Sarah Ovaska and Lynn BonnerA Wake Superior Court judge issued an order Thursday rejecting a number of death row inmates' claims that the state's newest execution protocol did not go through the proper channels.The decision by Senior Resident Wake Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens removed one of the few remaining roadblocks to resuming executions in the state, though one attorney representing inmates said there will be an appeal to a higher court.Also Thursday, the state Senate gave its final approval to a bill that would restart lethal injections and give defendants facing the death penalty a chance to prove racial discrimination...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 15, 2009 (boomark / email).