Cruel and Unusual Injections

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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006

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Jurisprudence: Cruel, Unusual Injections?
Several death row inmates, including Michael Morales in California, are challenging their sentences on the grounds that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment. Alex Chadwick talks to Dahlia Lithwick about the legal objections to lethal injection. Listen to the segment.

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