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Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Injection Execution; Blows Doctor’s Cover

A “secret” Missouri surgeon who has supervised 54 prisoner executions had his cover pulled and suffered immediate peer criticism, court restriction, and a media barrage. In tension were the Hippocratic Oath of doctors to sustain the life of their patients, doctor oversight of the dirty work of Missouri Department of …

 

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