Challenge to Missouri's execution protocol now in appeals court

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The state's revised plan for putting inmates to death falls short of ensuring that executions are humane, a federal judge said Tuesday as the case moved to a higher court.

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