Monday, April 1, 2019

Supreme Court Rules Against Death Row Inmate Who Appealed Execution

https://ift.tt/2OL4xWhDeath penalty opponent Herve Deschamps holds a sign during a vigil outside St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis, hours before 2014 scheduled execution of death row inmate Russell Bucklew.

A divided court ruled against a Missouri man who said, because of a rare medical condition, death by lethal injection would constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."

(Image credit: Jeff Roberson/AP)



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