Sunday, May 09, 2010
Execution Protocol Challenged
KENTUCKY...
In November, the Kentucky Supreme Court barred the state from conducting any executions. Kentucky's new method for executing prisoners by lethal injection was set to take effect, but three condemned inmates have asked a judge to stop the state from using it. Death row inmates Ralph Stevens Baze, Thomas Clyde Bowling and Brian Keith Moore filed a motion Friday in Franklin Circuit Court through public defender David Barron. The motion asks a judge to declare the state violated a Kentucky Supreme Court order in the way it adopted the new method. The challenge says the state fails to spell out how the chemicals would be injected, authorizes unqualified people to insert intravenous lines and doesn't allow death row inmates to address a public hearing about the protocol. The challenge is the latest by Baze, who has twice come within weeks of being executed. It is set to be heard May 19th.
In November, the Kentucky Supreme Court barred the state from conducting any executions. Kentucky's new method for executing prisoners by lethal injection was set to take effect, but three condemned inmates have asked a judge to stop the state from using it. Death row inmates Ralph Stevens Baze, Thomas Clyde Bowling and Brian Keith Moore filed a motion Friday in Franklin Circuit Court through public defender David Barron. The motion asks a judge to declare the state violated a Kentucky Supreme Court order in the way it adopted the new method. The challenge says the state fails to spell out how the chemicals would be injected, authorizes unqualified people to insert intravenous lines and doesn't allow death row inmates to address a public hearing about the protocol. The challenge is the latest by Baze, who has twice come within weeks of being executed. It is set to be heard May 19th.
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