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execution. but the same court of appeals, the fifth circuit, rejected the challenge. while the fifth circuit stayed campbell s execution based upon issues of mental capacity it is left to the u.s. supreme court, the key issue whether the death penalty as it is currently authorized in 35 states has some form of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the u.s. constitution. this issue particularly acute in the wake of its disastrous application in oklahoma. given the stake it is supreme court may want to revisit the issue. it turns out there is precedent. in 2007-2008 term the supreme court stayed a mississippi execution and as a practical matter stayed all pending executions nationwide. tonight it is safe to say that executions in this country, at least those carried out by lethal injection, have been suspended across the country until the u.s. supreme court can rule on whether or not they are cruel or unusual punishment. barry s lawyers file ....
but the same court of appeals, the fifth circuit, rejected the challenge. while the fifth circuit stayed campbell s execution based upon issues of mental capacity it is left to the u.s. supreme court, the key issue whether the death penalty as it is currently authorized in 35 states has some form of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the u.s. constitution. this issue particularly acute in the wake of its disastrous application in oklahoma. given the stake it is supreme court may want to revisit the issue. it turns out there is precedent. in 2007-2008 term the supreme court stayed a mississippi execution and as a practical matter stayed all pending executions nationwide. tonight it is safe to say that executions in this country, at least those carried out by lethal injection, have been suspended across the country until the u.s. supreme court can rule on whether or not they are cruel or unusual punishment. barry s lawyers filed an 11th h ....
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Death rows across the country are filled with people suffering from severe forms of mental illness. Taking action in an area where the U.S. Supreme Court has not ventured, some states are now enacting or considering laws that would exclude those prisoners from capital punishment. ....
Kimberly McCarthy set a landmark in Texas as the 500th person to be executed since the death penalty was reinstated. And her final words may leave you a little intrigued… ....