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Medellin Execution Date Set: The Blog of Legal Times has this post on the decision to set Jose Medellin's execution for August 5, 2008. In March 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that an International Court of Justice judgment was not binding domestic law, and Medellin was not entitled to further review of his conviction and death sentence. CJLF submitted an Amicus Brief in the case. The brief can be found here. See also press coverage in today's News Scan. Predicting Lethal Injection Review Post-Baze: Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog has this post on proceedings in the Fourth Circuit on the question of whether Virginia's lethal injection protocol satisfies the constitutional standards articulated in Baze v. Rees. Virginia filed its petition with the Fourth Circuit last Friday, its brief can be found here...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).