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Missouri death penalty case in court again today

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By Ap/KWMU

St. Louis, MO – A federal appeals court in St. Louis will hear arguments today (Wednesday) in the case that effectively has halted executions in Missouri for the past year.

The state is appealing a judge's order, which among other things requires that a doctor trained in anesthesia oversee and monitor lethal injections.

The state says lethal injection is a humane way to execute inmates, but lawyers for Michael Taylor disagree.

Taylor was hours from dying last February for a 1989 murder in Kansas City; no executions have been scheduled since.

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