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An AP April Fool’s joke?

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The AP is “reporting” news in Baze. The final two paragraphs contain the most pithy parts of the report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that states using the execution method known as “lethal injection”, which involves the intravenous administration of a three-drug cocktail to put death row inmates to death, have to clarify the legal standard used to determine whether the method is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the constitution. Justice David Souter, writing for the 5-4 majority, said the case should be sent back to the lower courts and thoroughly litigated. Failure to allow states to fully resolve the issue, said Souter, “will result in other cases having to be reviewed by the court in the future...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).