Jun 2nd, 2008 · Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was to undergo surgery on Monday at Duke University Medical Center two weeks after he was diagnosed with an especially lethal type of brain cancer. Kennedy said in a statement that the procedure, which was due to begin at 9 a.m. ET, would be "targeted surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation."
Jun 2nd, 2008 · Sen. Edward Kennedy undergoes surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor. The 76-year-old Massachusetts lawmaker was diagnosed last month with a lethal type of brain tumor.
May 23rd, 2008 · Aggressive and fast-growing, melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer. But it can be cured if diagnosed and removed early.
May 19th, 2008 · Reverend Carroll Pickett was the death-house chaplain at the Walls prison unit in Huntsville, Texas for 13 years. During his tenure, he ministered to 95 inmates executed by lethal injection. He is the subject of a new documentary, At the Death House Door.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Florida officials are eager to resume carrying out death penalties following this month's Supreme Court decision, which said found that Kentucky's use of lethal injection does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. State officials say Florida's lethal injection protocols follow what the Supreme Court approved in Kentucky. But attorneys for death row inmates say Kentucky is different from Florida.
Apr 20th, 2008 · U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia both voted last week that lethal injections in death penalty cases are constitutional. But that was where the agreements ended. In Stevens' opinion, he reversed the stance he held in the 1970s. Scalia criticized Steven's reversal.
Apr 18th, 2008 · A recent Supreme Court decision that Kentucky's form of lethal injection is constitutional means states can moved forward with executions for the first time since September. But in practice, the outlook for executions varies from state to state.
Apr 17th, 2008 · In a ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to the most common method of execution: lethal injection. The Court this week also heard arguments about whether the death penalty should be allowed for those convicted of raping children. Virginia Sloan, president of the Constitution Project, discusses the cases and their implications.