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North Carolina's Durham News carries the OpEd, "Reasons not to resume executions," in today's edition.  It's written by Chris Fitzsimon, the director of NC Policy Watch.Last month's ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court that the state medical board can't discipline doctors who play a role in executions has reignited the debate about capital punishment and prompted calls from death penalty supporters for executions to resume at Central Prison.Executions have been on hold for more than two years while the courts considered the medical board's position that a doctor who monitors an inmate's vital signs during the execution is violating medical ethics and can be disciplined.The courts are also considering a challenge of a decision by the Council of State that approved the lethal injection protocol used to put inmates to death...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).