Executions to resume after high court OK's lethal injections
By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
April 17, 2008
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The Rev. Pat Delahanty, head of the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, said the ruling wasn't a surprise.
''We never expected it to do more than maybe slow down executions in Kentucky or elsewhere,'' Delahanty said. ''We're going to be facing some executions soon.''
Wednesday's case involved two inmates, Ralph Baze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr., who were convicted of murder and sentenced to death by juries in Kentucky. Baze killed a sheriff and a deputy who were attempting to arrest him. Bowling shot and killed a couple and wounded their 2-year-old son outside their dry-cleaning business.
Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney Ray Larson, who prosecuted Bowling in 1992, said after the ruling: ''Fact of the matter is, this lethal injection process is about as far from cruel and unusual as anything you can imagine. This is just another one of those things the anti-death penalty gang is throwing against the wall to see what sticks.''
The case is Baze v. Ress, 07-5439.
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