The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to the lethal three-drug cocktail used in most US executions during the past 30 years. By a 7-2 vote, the court rejected a challenge by two Kentucky death-row inmates, who argued the current lethal injection method violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The United States Supreme Court considers on Tuesday a landmark legal battle over gun rights, taking up for the first time in nearly 70 years whether Americans have the right to keep and bear arms. The court’s ruling, expected by the end of June, could have a far-reaching impact on gun control laws in the US.
The United States Supreme Court will on Monday take up the thorny issue of lethal injections in a bid to determine if this method of executing death-row inmates conforms with the Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. The review comes after death-penalty opponents have demonstrated that lethal injection can in fact be painful.
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/ 21 October 2007
A month after the United States Supreme Court agreed to wade into the lethal injection debate, executions are effectively on hold across the nation as courts and politicians sit tight. On September 25, the country’s highest court agreed to examine whether lethal injections are ”cruel and unusual” punishment.