U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 18, 2008
Supreme Court OKs Use of Lethal Injection
A fractured U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the lethal injection procedures used by most states that allow the death penalty, ruling that two Kentucky inmates had not shown that lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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WASHINGTON - A fractured U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the lethal injection procedures used by most states that allow the death penalty, ruling that two Kentucky inmates had not shown that lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
The decision remov...
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