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The Lethal Injection Quandary: How Medicine Has Dismantled The Death Penalty, Deborah W. Denno
The Lethal Injection Quandary: How Medicine Has Dismantled The Death Penalty, Deborah W. Denno
Fordham Law Review
On February 20, 2006, Michael Morales was hours away from execution in California when two anesthesiologists declined to participate in his lethal injection procedure, thereby halting all state executions. The events brought to the surface the long-running schism between law and medicine, raising the question of whether any beneficial connection between the professions ever existed in the execution context. History shows it seldom did. Decades of botched executions prove it. This Article examines how states ended up with such constitutionally vulnerable lethal injection procedures, suggesting that physician participation in executions, though looked upon with disdain, is more prevalent--and perhaps more …
Is Compulsory Court-Annexed Medical Malpractice Arbitration Constitutional? How The Debate Reflects A Trend Towards Compulsion In Alternative Dispute Resolution, Matthew Parrott
Fordham Law Review
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