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Contaminated Chinese Milk Turns Deadly...For Company Execs
Two men responsible for the melamine contamination scandal in China, Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping, were given the death penalty by the Chinese government today and the company's chairwoman, Tian Wenhua, was given life in prison for being responsible for the melamine-contaminated milk responsible for killing six children and hundreds... (read the rest)
And You Thought Electric Chairs Were Cruel and Inhuman
Oxford University's Practical Bioethics Blog informs us that the tools of eugenics are alive and well in Europe--but for an entirely new reason all together. Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, is lobbying for the use of involuntary chemical castration for sex offenders in Poland. Arguing that the rights of victims... (read the rest)
An update on the lethal injection question
Just 15 minutes before a man in Mississippi was set to be executed last night, the Supreme Court issued a stay. Court watchers say that this latest action is a "nearly indisputable indication" that the court will block all executions involving lethal injection until it hears Baze v. Rees in... (read the rest)
Another angle on the lethal injection question
Last week we posted about the current legal proceedings over the constitutionality of lethal injection. On Sunday the LA Times reported on a related situation in North Carolina, where the state medical board in a legal fight over whether it has the authority to bar doctors from taking part in... (read the rest)
Is lethal injection cruel and unusual punishment?
The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution yesterday for a man on death row in Virginia. Analysts are calling the court's action a de-facto moratorium on lethal injection, which is the method of execution used in all but one of the states with the death penalty. The stay of... (read the rest)
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