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Justices uphold use of drug implicated in botched executions

June 29, 2015 12:00 AM
The Supreme Court upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal injection executions Monday, as two dissenting justices said for the first time that they think it's 'highly likely' that the death penalty itself is unconstitutional.
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