I don’t feel very good about this country this morning, and as so many of us are I’m thinking of how Troy Davis was hustled off this mortal coil by the State of Georgia without a lot of thought of what it means to execute the … [Read more...]
Supreme Court upholds lethal injection, 7-2; Stevens says death penalty is always unconstitutional
In a closely-watched decision, the US Supreme Court today upheld Kentucky's method of imposing the death penalty by lethal injection. Predictably, there was no majority opinion. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for himself and … [Read more...]