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Kentucky releases rules for executions----Supreme Court orders Kentucky to release policy

http://www.floridasupport.us/Baze/Baze_v__Rees_JA_Vol__IV_redacted_version_filed_with_SCOTUS.source.prod_affiliate.79.pdfKentucky releases rules for executions----Supreme Court orders Kentucky torelease policyKentucky's once secret protocol for executing inmates by lethal injectiondescribes in chilling detail what to do if an execution goes bad, and evenspells out measures to revive the condemned if there is a last-minutestay.If an inmate doesn't "flatline" within 10 minutes after being given a3-drug cocktail, the protocol demands that the same drugs should be givenagain."This process will continue until death has occurred," says the protocol,a portion of which the U.S. Supreme Court ordered released this week.The order came as the court considers whether Kentucky's method of lethalinjection -- similar to that used in 35 other states -- is constitutional...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on April 11, 2008 (boomark / email).