Nov. 2
USA:
Opinion Is The Government Finally Scrutinizing The Death Penalty?
The Supreme Court's focus on the administration of death by lethal
injection could expose the plethora of problems that come with the death
penalty.
That's the hope of Russ Feingold who's using the Court's stay
Oct. 28
USA:
Death Penalty Systems Questioned
Serious problems in state death penalty systems compromise fairness and
accuracy in capital punishment cases and justify a nationwide freeze on
executions, the American Bar Association says.
Problems cited in a report released Sunday by the
Oct. 25
USA:
At http://www.abanet.org/irr/hr/spring07/home.html, you will find links to
the new issue of Human RIghts, the magazine of the ABA's Section of
Individual Rights and Responsibilities.
The issue is devoted entirely to the subject of capital punishment, and
includes the
Oct. 26
USA:
End capital punishment; life sentence is more just
We are supposed to be a country that values life and justice. I know that
proponents of the death penalty say that if one does not want to be
executed, then one should not kill. On the surface, that looks good.
However, we
Oct. 19
USA:
Supreme Court MemoTrying to Decipher the State of the Death Penalty
Is there a death penalty moratorium now in place, and how would we know?
The Supreme Court has granted 2 stays of execution and refused to vacate a
3rd in the 3 weeks since it agreed to hear a challenge
Oct. 11
USA:
U.S. Human Rights Network calls for renewed opposition to fatally flawed
death penalty system
More than 30 years after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital
punishment, problems with the administration of the death penalty across
the country continue to plague the
Oct. 8
USA:
Going to Court, but Not in Time to Live
Let us consider the arithmetic of death.
There are 9 justices on the Supreme Court. It takes 4 votes for the court
to agree to hear a case. But it takes 5 votes to stay an execution.
It is possible, then, for a death row inmate to
Oct. 4
USA:
US: Executions Across Country On Hold
A sudden halt to executions in Texas, the United States's most active
death penalty state, may signal that there is now an unofficial national
moratorium in place across the nation, pending a ruling by the Supreme
Court on whether a
here is a newly-released report
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
4 to be executed in October
Heliberto Chi is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on
October 3.
Daniel Siebert is scheduled for execution on October 25, by the state of
Alabama.
Read more about these and the other cases below -- and
Sept. 25
USA:
Court to decide lethal injection, voter ID cases
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of
lethal injections in a case that could affect the way inmates are executed
around the country.
The high court will hear a challenge from 2 inmates on
Sept. 26
USA:
Capital Punishment in Each State
A state-by-state look at the status of capital punishment.
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Ala. Choice of lethal injection or electrocution.
Alaska No death penalty.
Ariz. Lethal injection with a choice of lethal gas for those sentenced
before November 1992.
Sept. 5
USA:
Destruction in black America is self-inflicted
DEBATING capital punishment at an Ivy League university a few years ago, I
was confronted with the claim that since death sentences are more often
meted out in cases where the victim is white, the death penalty must be
racially
August 31
USA:
Misgivings raised as U.S. prepares to speed death penalty appeals
Since capital punishment was reinstated in the United States 3 decades
ago, 124 people awaiting execution have been exonerated. For some
prisoners, the appeals process provided time to prove their
Aug. 20
USA:
Is this truly the best way to keep things moving?
Ms. Danica Szarvas-Kidd
Policy Adviser for Adjudication
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs
U.S. Department of Justice
810 Seventh St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20531
To Whom It May Concern,
We read
August 18
USA:
Attorney general back to his old Texas death-penalty tricks
When George W. Bush was governor of Texas and Alberto Gonzales was his
legal counsel, the 2 of them had a system. The morning of an execution,
Gonzales would send a memo to Bush summarizing the facts of the case
Aug. 17
USA:
Wrong guy to make the callGonzales' record on executions not good.
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Justice Department
intends to expand Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' authority to expedite
federal executions. However you feel about the death
July 30
USA:
After Flawed Executions, States Draw Hoods Tighter
A Missouri doctor who had supervised more than 50 executions by lethal
injection testified last year that he sometimes gave condemned inmates
smaller doses of a sedative than the state's protocol called for,
explaining that he
July 15
USA:
Bribes and Punishment
To many Americans, the execution last week of China's former top food and
drug official after he confessed to taking bribes was an extreme reaction
by the Beijing government to growing worries about the safety of Chinese
exports.
After recalls of
July 13
USA:
Reports, polls, court ruling point to thorny death penalty questions
2 high-profile executions scheduled for July and one capital sentence
blocked by the Supreme Court in June provide examples of the range of
issues surrounding the death penalty in the United States.
July 8
USA:
For Libby, Bush Seemed to Alter His Texas Policy
Until he commuted the 30-month prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr. on
Monday, President Bush had said almost nothing about his philosophy in
granting clemency while at the White House.
As governor of Texas, though, Mr. Bush
July 5
USA:
Death too good for him
Re: Put end to death penalty, by Rick Halperin, Tuesday Letters.
Gary Ridgway is found guilty of killing 48 women and girls, but Mr.
Halperin thinks it's cruel and unusual punishment to give him the death
penalty? After this monster arbitrarily kills
July 2007
Georgia set to execute an innocent man
Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia on July 17.
Elijah Page is scheduled for execution on July 9-13, by the state of
South Dakota.
Read more about these and the other cases below -- and ACT!
July 3
USA:
High Court Ruling Could Mean More Death Sentences
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the disqualification of a
juror who expressed doubts about the death penalty, combined with an
increasing number of U.S. citizens who say their moral convictions make
them
June 29
USA:
USA: Supreme Court tightens standard on 'competence' for execution
A prisoners awareness of the States rationale for an execution is not the
same as a rational understanding of it. US Supreme Court, Panetti v.
Quarterman, 28 June 2007
In a 5-4 decision issued on 28
June 18
USA:
The Death Penalty Deterrence Myth: No Solid Evidence That Killing Stops
The Killing
Among the many factors in the debate about the death penalty is whether
capital punishment deters violent crime. Although solid research indicates
that there is no valid evidence of such
June 12
USA:
Evidence of death penalty as crime deterrent is flimsy; THE
ISSUERecent studies claim that capital punishment is a deterrent to
murder.
PROPONENTS of the death penalty are waving recent studies concluding that
lethal injections act as a deterrent to murder. The studies
June 10
USA:
Stacking juries toward death
When 5 justices of the US Supreme Court rejected a death row inmate's
challenge to his sentence last week, they acknowledged that a capital
defendant has the right to trial by an impartial jury -- one that is drawn
from a pool that has not been
9 executions scheduled for June, 5 in Texas
Christopher Emmett is scheduled to be executed by the state of Virginia
on June 13.
Michael Lambert is scheduled for execution on June 15, by the state of
Indiana.
Read more about these and the other cases below -- and ACT!
June 5
USA:
The Next Big Thing in Law? The Harsh Jurisprudence of Justice Thomas
In the last 100 Supreme Court arguments, Clarence Thomas has not uttered a
word. Court watchers have suggested a variety of explanations. Among the
least flattering: he is afraid that if he speaks he will
June 3
USA:
A Demented Doctor Of DeathNational Review Online: Jack Kevorkian,
Compassionate Eccentric? The Evidence Paints A Darker Portrait
Jack Kevorkian was released from prison Friday. Don't expect Dr. Death to
keep a low profile. He is already scheduled to appear on 60 Minutes,
May 30
USA:
FORUM Op-eds on legal news by law professors and JURIST special
guests...
DNA Evidence and the Death Penalty
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and former FBI Director William S. Sessions
says that Governor Eliot Spitzers recent proposal to expand the New York
DNA database
May 17
USA:
Prisoner-assisted homicide - more 'volunteer' executions loom
Amnesty International
When a capital defendant seeks to circumvent procedures necessary to
ensure the propriety of his conviction and sentence, he does not ask the
State to permit him to take his own life. Rather,
May 14
USA:
Court ruling hinders death row appeals
The US Supreme Court on Monday made it more difficult for death row
prisoners to challenge their sentences, as 2 new conservative justices
appointed by President George W. Bush made clear their hostility to such
challenges.
The recent
May 11
USA:
Medical examiner who came up with deadly cocktail defends execution by
lethal injection
30 years ago, Oklahoma Medical Examiner Dr. A. Jay Chapman marched into
the Oklahoma Statehouse and dictated the formula for a cocktail of 3 drugs
to a lawmaker looking for a more humane way
May 10
USA:
3 Newspapers Reverse 100-Year-Old Stand
3 established U.S. newspapers, 2 of them among the 10 largest in the
country, in three different states have in the past weeks abandoned their
century-old support of the death penalty and become passionate advocates
of a ban on
May 4
USA:
Exonerations Change How Justice System Builds a ProsecutionDNA Tests
Have Cleared 200 Convicts
Jerry Miller is the newest poster child of the wrongfully convicted, the
200th to be exonerated by DNA evidence -- after he spent 25 years behind
bars in Illinois for a rape he
April 29
USA:
Thousands await executions in U.S. prisons
Ryan Dickson was killed on Thursday by the State of Texas.
The 30 year old double-murderer was put to death by lethal injection in
the state's 13th execution this year.
Texas currently has 385 prisoners on death row, 10 of which
April 25
USA:
Lethally inhumane injectionsWhen the state kills, it tortures first.
The Virginia General Assembly this year decided the state should kill more
criminals. It overrode a gubernatorial veto and made more crimes eligible
for the death penalty. Lawmakers refuse to
7 executions scheduled for May, including 1 volunteer
Carey Dean Moore is scheduled to be executed by the state of Nebraska on
May 8.
Aaron Lee Jones is scheduled for execution on May 3, by the state of
Alabama.
Read more about these and the other cases below -- and ACT!
April 24
USA:
Bad Drugs: Lethal Injection Does Not Work as Designed
A new study shows that failure to inject proper dosages potentially leads
to slow, painful deaths from chemical asphyxiation
Lethal injection was invented in 1977 by Oklahoma state medical examiner
Jay Chapman, who,
April 16
USA:
Abolish the death penalty-the right way
The death penalty and capital punishment in the United States has
certainly accrued much praise as well as some harsh judgment recently.
The proponents of capital punishment argue that there is no better
deterrent for committing
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
NCADP 2008 Annual Conference
Jan. 17-20
San Jose Holiday Inn
San Jose, California
3 executions scheduled for April, 2 in Texas
James Lee Clark is
March 29
USA:
Alberto Gonzales and the death penalty: A time for candor. A time for
fairness.
2 years ago, as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced confirmation
hearings, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty stressed
that the nation's chief law enforcement officer must
March 28
USA:
Fired attorneys all reluctant to seek death penalty in federal cases
Margaret Chiara, a former U.S. Attorney in Grand Rapids, Mich., appealed
several times to the Justice Department against having to seek the federal
death penalty. In hindsight, for her it was a risky
March 21
USA:
Executions halted as doctors balk
After 897 executions by lethal injection over the past 25 years, the role
of doctors in carrying out the death penalty is surfacing as the latest
ethical issue to force a re-examination of capital punishment in the
United States.
A
March 21
USA:
Executions halted as doctors balk
After 897 executions by lethal injection over the past 25 years, the role
of doctors in carrying out the death penalty is surfacing as the latest
ethical issue to force a re-examination of capital punishment in the
United States.
A
March 8
USA:
Fired U.S. Attorney Accuses Republicans of Exerting Political Pressure
New Mexico's former U.S. Attorney accused Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and
Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., Tuesday of exerting political pressure on him
about an ongoing public-corruption investigation just
March 7
USA:
The Attorney-Client Privilege and the 'Complete Lawyer': More than Mere
Legal Advice
The complete lawyer, in order to best serve the client, often does more
than provide only legal advice in a narrow sense. A valuable attorney
frequently provides specific guidance and
March 1
USA:
Passionate cause is thrivingSister Helen Prejean's anti-death penalty
story is now a stage play.
Sister Helen Prejean has seen herself portrayed repeatedly on film and on
stage.
And while that might go to a persons head, Prejean, 67, is about the least
pretentious media
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
4 of 5 scheduled March executions in Texas
Joseph Nichols is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on March 7.
Kenneth Biros is scheduled for execution on Feb.
Feb. 28
USA:
Benefit of death penalty overlooked
Steven Asin provides a few reasons to abolish the death penalty and there
is good faith debate on both sides of this argument (Death penalty repeal
is sound policy, Feb. 21 letter).
However, Mr. Asin overlooks one critical benefit to the
Feb. 17
USA:
After Innocence: DVD Documents Plight of the Guilty till Proven Innocent
This revealing documentary is essentially ten different stories, each a
tragic case of mistaken identity and a rush to judgment. For all of the
men profiled here can thank their lucky stars that evidence
Feb. 15
USA:
Catholic wrongly convicted seeks end to death penalty
If anyone has experienced sheer terror, its Kirk Bloodsworth.
Tried and found guilty of the brutal rape and murder of a 9-year-old
Rosedale, Md., girl, the barrel-chested crabber from the Eastern Shore was
sentenced to
Feb. 9
USA:
Kill the Death Penalty
Working as a police officer, I have a unique vantage point from which to
view the death penalty: It is no less than a vestige of medievalism. I
have to live with the fact that at any given moment, to protect someone's
life, I might become the judge,
Jan. 23
USA:
Evidence grows that America has begun to lose faith in death penalty
On Friday, the US Supreme Court agreed to set a new standard for when a
death row prisoner is too mentally ill to be executed. Scrutiny of the
practice comes against a background of growing public unease.
Jan. 24
USA:
High Court Eases Path for Inmates to Pursue Lawsuits
A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday sided with 3 Michigan inmates by
making it easier for them to pursue lawsuits complaining about their
treatment behind bars.
The Court reversed lower court rulings that had thrown out
Jan. 22
USA:
Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus
In one of the most chilling public statements ever made by a U.S. Attorney
General, Alberto Gonzales questioned whether the U.S. Constitution grants
habeas corpus rights of a fair trial to every American.
Responding to questions from Sen.
Jan. 21
USA:
SPECIAL REPORT: The Death PenaltyPitiful efforts at defending a life;
HOW 4 STATES HAVE HANDLED CAPITAL CASES
Defense often inadequate in death-penalty casesReview shows many on
death row due to ineffective lawyers
The jurors heard all about the convenience store
Jan. 17
USA:
USA: 30 years of executions, 30 years of wrongs 16 January 2007 AI
Index: AMR 51/012/2007
If the USA's capital justice system was a private company it would have
been shut down long ago. After 3 decades, this is an enterprise showing no
measurable benefit for society
Jan. 17
USA:
Noose around our society the same as swings in Iraq
In case you haven't made the connection, the crowd that is botching the
official lynchings in Baghdad is the same government that more American
soldiers are being sent to prop up.
And if you're trying to draw some
Jan. 13
USA:
Left hangingIn the aftermath of the controversial execution of Saddam
Hussein, SCOTT TUROW writes, the always thorny issue of state killings is
once again up for debate
The hanging of Saddam Hussein, in the face of ethnic jeers and smuggled
cameras, will likely be
Jan. 13
USA:
Left hangingIn the aftermath of the controversial execution of Saddam
Hussein, SCOTT TUROW writes, the always thorny issue of state killings is
once again up for debate
The hanging of Saddam Hussein, in the face of ethnic jeers and smuggled
cameras, will likely be
Jan. 10
USA:
Capital punishment America turns its back on death penalty after
botched lethal injection of killerNumber of condemned at lowest point
for 30 years as opinion begins to change
It took Angel Nieves Diaz 34 minutes to die from the time the 2
executioners inserted the IV
Jan. 9
USA:
We need humane ways to conduct executions
YES, this is the 21st century, but when it comes to capital punishment in
California, how far have we advanced? At least, we've done away with
hangings and firing squads. But given the growth and evolution of
available technology, our
Jan. 4
USA:
Faced again with question about public executions
We haven't yet had, in the West, a true crystallization of opinion on the
matter of (a) what can be shown on TV news, or (b) what the public should
be allowed to see via other media. Divisions on these questions were very
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Dec. 18
USA:
When Executions Go Wrong: A Horribly Botched Florida Killing Adds Strong
Impetus to a National Reconsideration of Capital Punishment
Last Wednesday, the name of Angel Diaz was added to a long list of persons
whose executions have been botched in recent American history. As
Dec. 15
USA:
Toobin: Cruelty-free execution is difficult
After it took 34 minutes for an inmate in Florida to die by injection,
Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday ordered a moratorium on all executions in the
state. Meanwhile, a federal judge in California ruled Friday that lethal
injection could be
Dec. 14
USA:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: USE OF DEATH PENALTY DECLINES IN 2006
Public Now Favors Life Without Parole Lethal Injection Challenges
Lead to Fewest Executions in a Decade; Death Sentences at 30-Year Low
For the first time in 2 decades, the Gallup Poll this year revealed that
Dec. 5
USA:
Report: Death Penalty Creates More VictimsFamily members, especially
children, suffer in the aftermath of an execution
Families of the executed are victims too, according to a new report that
Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights will release on December 10.
Creating
Dec. 3
USAbook review
Executed on a Technicality: Lethal Injustice on America's Death Row
Author: David R. Dow-ISBN: 0807044199-Pages: 272
The story of the death row inmates who changed one Texas lawyer's mind
about capital punishment
When David Dow took his first capital
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Three inmates scheduled for execution in December
Three inmates have scheduled execution dates in December,
my news postings will resume on Sunday, Nov. 26
Nov. 22
USA:
Justice is the purpose of the death penalty
This letter is in response to the letter written by Lisa Gartner regarding
the death penalty (Nov. 8 issue). She has chosen to address a difficult
and divisive issue, and I appreciate
Oct. 29
USA:
Teaching children the ways of forgiveness
Halloween is coming. I could only hope that Tinkerbells, hobos, ghosts,
pirates, Raggedy Andys, dachshunds wrapped up in hot dog buns, golden
retrievers in clown hats and ruffs would be the only ones on the prowl for
treats.
But
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Four Inmates scheduled for execution in November
Four inmates are scheduled to be executed in November. The first
Oct. 22
USA:
Wronged rightHabeas corpus safeguards freedom of individuals
It is Latin for you have the body. To prisoners within the American
legal system, a writ of habeas corpus means that it must be proven in
court that they are being held justly.
The actual right of habeas corpus
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Seven Inmates scheduled for execution in October
Seven inmates are scheduled to be executed in October. The first
execution is scheduled for Oct. 18, with three final
Oct. 3
USA:
EXECUTIONS: Inmates oppose injected death Prison documents final hours
before Ohio's condemned die
From California to Maryland, lawyers for death row inmates have mounted
challenges to the use of lethal injection in virtually every state with
capital punishment.
U.S.
Sept. 27
USA:
Roberts and Alito Stay in the Cert Pool
As they enter their 2nd term, the Supreme Court's two newest justices have
decided, at least temporarily, to stick with the Court's clerk-pooling
arrangement, despite concerns that it gives law clerks too much power.
In brief
Sept. 24
USA:
States have executed 11 women since '84
38 states and the U.S. government have the death penalty. No woman has
been executed by th federal government in almost 53 years, but state
executions have become more common, especially in the South.
11 women have been put to death
Sept. 8
USA:
'Proofs': In Death, Bodies Speak Volumes
A body of evidence is not always a metaphor. Sometimes a body is the
evidence.
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body is a small, quirky exhibit
mounted by the National Library of Medicine (on the Bethesda campus of the
National
Sept. 2
USA:
A Millionaire Club of High Court Justices
On a Supreme Court dominated by seeming millionaires, the only woman
justice and the only bachelor appear to be the wealthiest of its 9
members.
In the justices' financial disclosure forms for 2005, Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg
August 30
USA:
4 scheduled to be executed in September
4 death row inmates are scheduled to be executed in September. The 1st
execution is scheduled for September 12th, with 2 the following week and 1
in the final week of the month. Those scheduled for execution include 1
man who suffers
Re: a new law review article on the conditions that preceded Furman in
1972. The article is by Corinna Lain (Univesity of Richmond Law) was
published to SSRN Furman Fundamentals and is scheduled to be published
in the Washington Law Review, _http://ssrn.com/abstract=926401_
August 18
USA:
On the Trail of Former Death Row Inmates
Joan Cheever, author of Back from the Dead, followed former death row
inmates who were released when the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty
unconstitutional in 1972.
see:
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
August 2006
As Many As 11 Executions Scheduled this month
11 people are scheduled to be executed in the month of August. There will
be at least 1 execution per
July 4
USA:
Why Europe Doesn't 'Get' America
In December 2005 the 1,000th prisoner was executed in the USA since the US
Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Of the 6 men currently
on military death row in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the leading candidate
for execution is Dwight
June 22
USA:
Executing the Mentally Ill and the Mentally Retarded: 3 Key Recent Cases
from Texas and Virginia Show How States Can Evade the Supreme Court's
Death Penalty Rulings
Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on the death penalty in 1976, Texas
and Virginia have led the country in
June 22
USA:
see:
http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/AMR510942006ENGLISH/$File/AMR5109406.pdf
June 18
USA:
No death penalty for sex offenders
A Oklahoma's governor, Brad Henry, a Democrat, signed a bill this month
that would allow jurors to sentence to death repeat sex offenders for
crimes against children younger than 14. The day before, South Carolina
Gov. Mark Sanford, a
June 13
USA:
Prisoners Gain in Suit Attacking Lethal Injection
The Supreme Court opened the door Monday for death-row inmates to
challenge the way most states carry out executions by lethal injection.
In its unanimous opinion, the court expressed no view on the
constitutionality either
June 12
USA:
Supreme Court Rules Death Row Inmates Can Challenge Lethal Injection
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the nation's death row
inmates can file last-minute challenges to lethal injection after they've
exhausted their regular appeals.
The court's ruling leaves
June 4
USA:
REVIEWDoes legal system fail the nations mentally ill?
Crazy by Pete Earley, Putnam, $25.95
Every cry for social change begins with a personal tragedy. Pete Earleys
began when his son Mike, a graduate student, became psychotic. In a
Virginia emergency room, a doctor
PRESS RELEASE
from Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (www.CUADP.org)
on behalf of Doctors Freedman, Groner and Halpern
For Immediate Release - June 4, 2006
Physician Ethicists Call on the American Medical
Association to Launch a National Educational
Campaign on the
June 1
USA:
2 in 3 Favor Death Penalty for Convicted MurderersPublic divided over
death penalty or life imprisonment as better punishment
Gallup's latest update on support for the death penalty finds most
Americans continue to support the execution of convicted murderers. When
given an
6 Executions Scheduled in June
During the first and final weeks of June, six people are scheduled to be
executed, half of whom are in Texas. Two cases this month highlight
issues of severe mental illness.
The first is Percy Walton, scheduled to be executed by the state of
Virginia on June
May 30
USA:
Challenge to lethal injections could mean delayed executions
Capital punishment in the US is facing unprecedented legal challenges
after years of revelations about inaccurate convictions and racial and
class inequalities in the way the system is administered, legal experts
say.
May 30
USA:
Jury finds Muhammad guilty in sniper trial
John Allen Muhammad was convicted of 6 of the Washington-area sniper
killings Tuesday after the prosecution's star witness, Muhammad's young
protege, portrayed him as the mastermind of an audacious terror scheme in
which phase 2
May 22
USA:
US top court won't decide lethal injection challenge
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide if a drug combination used
to execute convicted murderers violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on
cruel and unusual punishment.
The justices refused to hear the appeal by a
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