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A "More Palatable" Way of Killing Texas carries out the first execution by lethal injection
Capital punishment is still administered with such rarity that no execution passes unnoticed; each incites a new debate about the wisdom of the death penalty in general. But in the case of Brooks, convicted of murdering a 26-year-old auto mechanic six years ago this week, several factors converged...
The idea that two men should be tried for exactly the same crime without any evidence to prove who did what and get dramatically different sentences seems absurd. When one of the sentences meted out is death, the absurdity becomes a sickening disgrace. You don't have to be an...
Even more complex a question is what role--if any--doctors should play in administering the injection. In 1980, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a policy that "a physician, as a member of a profession dedicated to preserving life when there is hope of doing so, should not be...
Gray and other doctors claim the AMA policy applies only to direct participation in an execution. But some are not so sure.