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Doctors shouldn’t serve as executioners, Tennessee physicians say
Tennessee physicians and nurses are calling for a death penalty moratorium after a failed execution in May, citing ethical concerns over medical professionals' roles in lethal injections. They argue the state's current protocol, which requires doctors to place central lines during executions, violates medical ethics as outlined by the American Medical Association.
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