You knew it was coming. The Court’s ruling in Baze, holding a lethal drug procedure may not pose “a substantial risk of serious harm”, left the door open for inmates to…
Category: Baze v. Rees
SCOTUSblog has two Baze updates: “First post-Baze maneuvers” and “Baze Commentary: Justice Stevens’ Concurrence”. Highlights for the first update, second is provided in full: “First post-Baze maneuvers“: The state of Florida moved quickly on Thursday…
For most, the moratorium is over.The Supreme Court’s decision in Baze yesterday has generated hundreds of news stories. Here are two interesting pieces: “Lethal injections ruled not cruel punishment”; Discussing when executions in…
Straight from SCOTUSblog: Today’s opinion by Justice Breyer in Begay v. United States (06-11543) is now available here. Justice Scalia filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in…