For Execution Methods Challenges, the Road to Abolition is Paved with Paradox
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Apr. 21, 2009
ANNOTATION: Issues surrounding legal challenges to the use of lethal injection are discussed. This chapter contains sections covering: background; brief history of execution methods; lethal injection's perplexing perpetuation -- how states resist changing execution methods, surge in lethal injection challenges, role of medical professionals, and lessons learned from lethal injection challenges; the Supreme Court rules -- perspective on Baze v. Rees; and conclusion. "This chapter suggests that lethal injection challenges be dissociated from the larger abolitionist picture" (p. 27).