U.S. states are increasingly attempting to conceal information about drugs used to perform lethal injections, a report said Wednesday, a week after a botched Oklahoma execution which left a convicted killer writhing in agony.
Death penalty states “have intensified their efforts to obscure information regarding the development and implementation of their lethal injection protocols,” said the report by a committee of experts convened by the Constitution Project, a non-profit group that promotes bipartisan consensus on legal reform.
“This poses an unacceptable risk that inmates will face an unnecessarily cruel and painful death, violative of the US Constitution,” the 208-page study said, calling for comprehensive U.S. capital punishment reform.
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Death penalty states “have intensified their efforts to obscure information regarding the development and implementation of their lethal injection protocols,” said the report by a committee of experts convened by the Constitution Project, a non-profit group that promotes bipartisan consensus on legal reform.
“This poses an unacceptable risk that inmates will face an unnecessarily cruel and painful death, violative of the US Constitution,” the 208-page study said, calling for comprehensive U.S. capital punishment reform.
continue to read here
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