Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Masking Justice, Supreme Court Style

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Andrew Gumbel

Shame on the Supreme Court for preferring to inhabit their cocoon of respectability on lethal injections -- justice masked by legalese -- than to face the facts.

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Lethal Injections Ill-Conceived, With Painful Results

Jamie Fellner | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

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Jamie Fellner

Public officials have a human rights obligation to choose the specific drugs and methods of administration that carry the least risk of pain and suffering for the condemned.

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