Monday, July 13, 2020

Judge blocks execution hours before planned lethal injection

A U.S. judge has blocked three federal executions hours before the
first was set to take place.

It was going to be the first federal execution in 17 years but the
judge ruled that the death row inmates can pursue a claim that the
lethal injection drug causes needless pain and suffering.

U.S. correspondent William Denselow reports.

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