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Lethal Injection
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Death Penalty
How Does Florida Execute People? Florida’s 2019 Lethal Injection Protocol
By Reba Kennedy
States may overwhelmingly choose the lethal injection method of execution these days, but that doesn't mean that the same procedure is followed or the same drugs are used. Consider and…
Death Penalty
Lethal Injections as Explained by HBO’s John Oliver
By Reba Kennedy
There may be some who are offended a bit by John Oliver's discourse in this video (it's HBO, after all), but his discussion of the current lethal injection method of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Recording the Pain of Others: Lethal Injection’s Visibility Problem”
The title of this post is the title of this new piece authored by Christen Hammock and now available via SSRN, Here is its abstract: In July 2011, Georgia executed…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Individualized Executions”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by William Berry now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: States continue to botch lethal injection…
Supreme Court Update
Bucklew v. Pettigrew (No 17-8151), Biestek v. Berryhill (No. 17-1184), Lorenzo v. SEC (No. 17-1077), Sturgeon v. Frost (No. 17-949)
By David R. Roth, Tadhg Dooley
We’re back with the second installment of our April catch-up series, bringing you summaries of Bucklew v. Pettigrew (No. 17-8151), Biestek v. Berryhill (No. 17-1184), Lorenzo v. Securities Exchange Commission…
Subscript Law Blog
Bucklew v. Precythe (Decision April 1, 2019)
Argument: November 6, 2018Decision: April 1, 2019Petitioner Brief: Russell BucklewRespondent Brief: Anne Precythe, et al. Court below: 8th Circuit Bucklew cannot avoid the state’s standard execution method because of his…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Unsurprisingly divided reactions to Supreme Court’s latest divided ruling on lethal injection methods
The Supreme Court yesterday split 5-4 in favor of the state of Missouri in yesterday's execution protocol case, Bucklew v. Precythe, No. 17-8151 (S. Ct. April 1, 2019) (available here,…
Supreme Court Update
Nielsen v. Preap (No. 16-1363), Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP (No. 17-1307), Republic of Sudan v. Harrison (No. 16-1094), Murphy v. Collier (No. 16-1094)
By David R. Roth, Tadhg Dooley
The Nine have managed to outpace us over the last two weeks, but now that they’re on April Break, it’s time for us to catch up. In this installment, we’ll…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Rejects As-Applied Challenge to Death Penalty Protocol by Prisoner with Rare Medical Condition
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolA sharply divided Supreme Court ruled today that a condemned prisoner failed to show that Missouri's lethal injection protocol violated the Eighth Amendment as…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Splitting 5-4 along traditional ideological lines, SCOTUS rejects Missouri inmate’s challenge to lethal injection protocol
The Supreme Court this morning handed down its opinion in an execution protocol case, Bucklew v. Precythe, No. 17-8151 (S. Ct. April 1, 2019) (available here). The Court split 5-4…