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Lethal Injection The Kentucky Supreme Court has unanimously upheld that state's four-drug lethal injection combination according to an Associated Press story by Brett Barranguere. The opinion is here.

Violent Crime A preliminary report from the California Department of Justice indicates that violent crime rose in the state's largest cities during the first six months of 2006, as reported in an Associate Press bulletin available here.

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