Future of Lethal Injection in Question
Future of Lethal Injection in Question After the Supreme Court announced they would hear a case on the constitutionality of lethal injections, many states put a moratorium on executions. Dahlia Lithwick, legal analyst for the online magazine Slate, says the issue of lethal injection has been working through the system for a number of years. While a number of states instituted a moratorium on lethal injects until the high court issues its decision, Lithwick says the court case is shaping up to be a fight over the future of the death penalty. Sponsor Message Stephen F. Hanlon, chairman of the ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project, says studies conducted by the group have found that race and geography have a huge impact in whether someone will receive the death penalty.
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