“For the reasons stated in Justice [Sonia] Sotomayor’s opinion, I dissent from the Court’s holding. But rather than try to patch up the death penalty’s legal wounds one at a time, I would ask for full briefing on a more basic question: whether the death penalty violates the Constitution.”
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Ohio Updates Lethal Injection Protocol
Ohio will test lethal injection drugs ahead of executions if it obtains specialty batches of the drugs, the state prisons agency announced Monday in its latest update of capital punishment rules.
Death penalty case in Jefferson County would require emergency funding
“In terms of maybe you have facilities that need repaired, unless it’s an absolute emergency, there may be things you want to be done to facilities that could be updated, but you may have to put some things on hold because of that,” Graham said.