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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 28, 2006

Top Court Weighs Inmate's Right to Challenge Execution

A highly engaged U.S. Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether a Florida death row inmate should have the opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection procedures - a case that could influence the fate of a condemned California man whose own death by lethal injection is on hold.

By Brent Kendall
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A highly engaged U.S. Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether a Florida death row inmate should have the opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection procedures - a case that could influence the fate of a condemned California man whose own death by lethal injection is on hold.
      In W...

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