U.S. appeals court: capital punishment lethal injection.

PositionCruel and Unusual Punishment - Brief Article

Cooper v. Rimmer, 358 F.3d 655 (9th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner, sentenced to death by lethal injection, filed a [section] 1983 action seeking a temporary restraining order. The district court denied relief and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the prisoner failed to show that lethal injection procedures involved an unnecessary risk of unconstitutional pain or suffering. The court noted that medical evidence...

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