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Lethal Injection Roundup

By Steve Hall

"Study of doctors and the death penalty garners award from medical journal," by Andrew Cohen is at Canada Views.  Here's an extended excerpt: The editorial board of the Journal of Medical Regulation has awarded Berkeley Law Assistant Professor Ty Alper the Casterline Award for Excellence in Writing for its most outstanding article published over the past year. Alper, associate director of the law school?s Death Penalty Clinic, published the study in January 2010 in the Federation of State Medical Boards? Journal of Medical Licensure and Discipline. The first comprehensive review of state laws and regulations on doctors, medical boards, and executions, it found that only seven death-penalty states incorporate the American Medical Association (AMA) ethics code?which bars doctors from participating in executions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 04, 2010 (boomark / email).