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http://www.bestofneworleans.com/imag.../9a7c/news.jpg Della Hasselle on why a Louisiana judge halted a lethal injection by Della Hasselle A Louisiana death row inmate was granted an eleventh-hour stay of execution earlier this month when a federal judge said too much is unknown about the state's intended switch to a new, single-drug lethal injection method. ??The potential use of pentobarbital ? the lethal drug slated to replace a three-drug cocktail ? has death row-inmate lawyers arguing that the new execution process is hazy at best, unconstitutional at worst.? [ Read more ]

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