Montana judge strikes down state lethal injection law

[JURIST] Montana's Lewis and Clark County District Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that the state's lethal injection method [technical manual, PDF] violates the provision of the Montana constitution [text, PDF] that forbids cruel and unusual punishment. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana [advocacy website] on behalf of two death row inmates. Judge Jeffrey Sherlock held that Montana's execution procedure, which involves injections of three different drugs, is cruel and unusual under US...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/09/montana-judge-strikes-down-state-lethal-injection-law.php

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