From: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 7th September 2012 at 21:17
(Reuters) - A judge has struck down Montana's lethal injection procedure as a violation of the state constitution because it lacked necessary safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment, effectively suspending executions in the state, officials said on Friday. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock ruled that a three-drug program adopted by the Montana Department of Corrections differed from the two-drug protocol spelled out in law, which he said "increases the likelihood of confusion and error in the process. ...