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Is Lethal Injection Unconstitutional?

By Ron Chapman

Is Lethal Injection Unconstitutional?  The United States Supreme Court is set to decide this very important question.  The following article discusses the death penalty case that the High Court will rule upon in deciding whether lethal injection passes constitutional muster:Public Defender Builds Injection Case Published: 1/1/08, 12:45 PM EDT By BRETT BARROUQUERE FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders. David Barron, 29, filed an appeal on behalf of two Kentucky death row inmates, arguing that the three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections across the country can cause excruciating pain, and thus amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on January 01, 2008 (boomark / email).