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sabbat hunter

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Mon Jun-12-06 10:50 AM
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Justices make key death penalty rulings

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/12/scotus.death.ap/index.html

"The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to constitutional challenges to lethal injection, the method used by most states and the federal government to execute death row inmates.

In an unanimous decision, the court allowed those condemned to die to make last-minute claims that the chemicals used are too painful -- and therefore amount to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution's Eighth Amendment."

could this be the ruling that leads to the end of the death penalty in the US?

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