ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Department of Corrections has informed the appeals court considering the state’s lethal injection procedures that it will no longer use the services of a dyslexic surgeon for future lethal injection executions.
Missouri dismisses dyslexic executioner
The surgeon had been employed for lethal injection executions.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 12:23 a.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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