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February 10, 2003

Paging Dr. Kafka

Boy, we're gonna let the doc here force this antipsychotic medicine down yer throat, an' when he's done with ya an' yer feelin' all better, we're a-gonna kill ya.

"The federal appeals court in St. Louis ruled yesterday that officials in Arkansas can force a prisoner on death row to take antipsychotic medication to make him sane enough to execute. Without the drugs, the prisoner, Charles Laverne Singleton, could not be put to death under a United States Supreme Court decision that prohibits the execution of the insane. Yesterday's 6-to-5 decision is the first by a federal appeals court to allow such an execution."

Complete Story (it's at the NYT, which will require you to register)