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Published: April 17, 2008
Injection cases get back on track
By Chris Casteel
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the lethal injection method of execution developed in Oklahoma and used by most states with the death penalty.

The decision means Oklahoma and other states can move forward with executions that have been on hold since September, when the court agreed to consider the case and imposed an unofficial moratorium on executions.

The ruling, in a case from K...

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