Execution team members to be deposed in Kentucky lethal-injection challenge case: AP reports here on a US district court ruling today in the Brian Moore case that will allow direct questioning of Kentucky execution team members regarding their experience and qualifications. (Case is 06-0022 in US District Ct. for Eastern KY, Frankfurt Div.)
Excerpt:
Kentucky’s executioners can be questioned about their training and qualifications by attorneys for a death row inmate challenging the use of lethal injection, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The execution team could remain anonymous, but their background, training and experience could be explored, under the ruling by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell in Lexington. ...


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