Baze v. Rees, No. 07-5439 (U.S. Supreme Court) (553 U.S. 35; 128 S.Ct. 1520) (April 16, 2008) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)
Loaded on March 1, 2008
published in Punch and Jurists
March 17, 2008
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Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
In a widely splintered 91-page decision, the Supreme Court upheld the most common method of lethal injection executions in the United States, clearing the way for such executions (which have been on a virtual moratorium for nearly seven months) to resume. The final vote was 7-2, although there was …
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