Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Lethal Injection Being Debated
KENTUCKY...
In November, the Kentucky state Supreme Court ruled to throw out the state's execution protocol, saying the written procedures were improperly adopted. Kentucky is now seeking to reenact the protocol. Monday, a legislative committee heard from the Department of Corrections and raised no objection to the three-drug method used to execute condemned prisoners after being told about changes made to the execution protocol, as well as objections from death penalty opponents. The method must still be reviewed by two more legislative committees before going to Governor Steve Beshear, no later than May 7th, for his approval or rejection.
In November, the Kentucky state Supreme Court ruled to throw out the state's execution protocol, saying the written procedures were improperly adopted. Kentucky is now seeking to reenact the protocol. Monday, a legislative committee heard from the Department of Corrections and raised no objection to the three-drug method used to execute condemned prisoners after being told about changes made to the execution protocol, as well as objections from death penalty opponents. The method must still be reviewed by two more legislative committees before going to Governor Steve Beshear, no later than May 7th, for his approval or rejection.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:26 AM 
