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Criminal

Jun. 14, 2006

Court Allows Challenge to Lethal Mix

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court sided with condemned inmates in two death penalty rulings Monday, allowing a challenge to Florida's lethal injection procedure and ordering a new hearing for a Tennessee prisoner who says that new evidence, including DNA evidence, proves that he's innocent.

By Brent Kendall
Daily Journal Staff Writer


      WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court sided with condemned inmates in two death penalty rulings Monday, allowing a challenge to Florida's lethal injection procedure and ordering a new hearing for a Tennessee prisoner who says that new evidence, including DNA evidence, proves that he's innocent.
      The lethal injection ruling focu...

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