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Nature 441, 2 (4 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441002b; Published online 3 May 2006

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Ending an inhumane punishment.

Can the death penalty by lethal injection, as practised in 37 US states, be outlawed as inhumane? The courts are considering this question (see page 8), which can be separated from the more familiar one about the morality of capital punishment.