ST. LOUIS — A federal appeals court on Monday opened the way for Missouri to renew execution of condemned inmates, ruling the state’s three-drug method of execution is not unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment.
Mo. executions ruled not cruel or unusual
A federal decision means the state may be able to resume lethal injections for condemned inmates.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 3:48 p.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008
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