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Arizona Inmate Injected 15 Times With Lethal Injection Drugs

Joseph R. Wood, the convicted murderer put to death on July 23 in Arizona, was injected with far more of each of the two drugs used by the state than is called for in the state’s lethal injection protocol, according to notes released…
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Federal Judge deems California’s Death Penalty Unconstitutional

A federal judge in California has struck down the state’s death penalty, ruling that the “arbitrariness” and “unpredictability” with which it is carried out violates the constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment. U.S.…