US Supreme Court to examine legality of lethal injections (AFP)

Posted on Tuesday 25 September 2007

This undated photograph released by the California Department of Corrections (CADC) shows the San Quentin Prison execution chamber. The US Supreme Court announced Tuesday it would consider the constitutionality of lethal injections, which is used in almost all executions in the United States.(AFP/CADC-HO/File)AFP - In a move which could slow the rate of US executions, the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections used in almost all the country's death penalty cases.



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