Lethal injection on trial.(TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS)

State Legislatures | January 1, 2008 | Copyright

Recent stays of execution in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas and Virginia come on the heels of the Sept. 25, 2007, decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Baze v. Rees sometime early this year. In this case, two current Kentucky death row inmates argue that the three-chemical cocktail used in lethal injections inflicts unnecessary pain and suffering and thereby constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution.

Opponents argue that lethal injection does not contain enough ...

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