March 10, 2006
The Contradictions of Lethal Injection
Jonathan I. Groner, associate clinical professor of medicine, Ohio State University
Is lethal injection cruel and inhumane? In January the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal to that effect by Clarence Edward Hill, a Florida prisoner sentenced to death for the killing of a police officer in 1982. The procedure — used for most executions in the United States since the penalty was reinstated, in 1977 — will probably be
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