LaGrand v. Stewart, No. 99-99004 (9th Cir.) (173 F.3d 1144) (February 24, 1999) (Judge Thomas G. Nelson)
Loaded on June 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
June 14, 1999
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
Holding that Eighth Amendment protections, at least in the area of capital punishment, cannot be waived, the court held that the Arizona method of usinf lethal gas to execute inmates is unconstitutional.
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