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Lethal Injection Moves Forward
03/09/10 MRC/AP
Kentucky's lethal injection protocol could be in place by May after a legislative committee raised no objection to the three-drug method used to execute condemned prisoners.
The committee heard from the Department of Corrections on Monday about changes made to the execution protocol, as well as objections from death penalty opponents.
The execution method must be reviewed by two more legislative committees, then will go to Governor Steve Beshear no later than May 7 for his approval or rejection.
Kentucky is seeking to reenact its execution protocol after the state Supreme Court ruled in November the written procedures were improperly adopted and threw them out.
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