The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s lethal injection procedures as constitutional, possibly clearing the way for an execution scheduled for this month.
Ruling in separate appeals filed by two death-row inmates, the justices said Florida’s execution methods did not amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
Lethal injection procedures are under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court has allowed only one execution to be carried out since it agreed in September to hear a case from Kentucky that raises a similar challenge.
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