The Supreme Court refused Monday to directly consider whether the drug combination used in executions across the country amounts to unconstitutional cruel punishment.The justices had already agreed to hear arguments in April in a case brought by Florida death row inmate Clarence Hill about the procedure for lethal injection challenges to be filed in federal court.Monday’s decision, which came on a separate appeal by Hill’s lawyer, has little practical significance because Hill’s other case is still pending....
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| Deadly bird flu spreads to Niger |
| Niger has become the third African country to have confirmed cases of the deadly strain of bird flu, experts say. Test results have confirmed several cases of the H5N1 virus, said the World Organisation for Ani.. full News |
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