Criminal
Oct. 25, 2006
State's Debate on Executions Targets 'Cruel'
SAN FRANCISCO - At the center of the recent debate about California's lethal-injection execution procedure is the constitutional protection against "cruel and unusual punishment."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - At the center of the recent debate about California's lethal-injection execution procedure is the constitutional protection against "cruel and unusual punishment."
The Eighth Amendment concept is one that's not so easily pinned down, legal scholars say.
The term is not only subje...
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