Sentences with phrase «execution by lethal injection»

They challenged the execution by lethal injection on the grounds that it was unconstitutional as a method by which a capital sentence should be carried out.

«Compared with the last term, which included historic cases concerning Guantánamo Bay, the Second Amendment and execution by lethal injection, the new term is a buffet without entrees,» writes Adam Liptak in the New York Times.

The cases include some interesting issues, such as the constitutionality of requiring voters to show a photo ID before they may vote; the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection where the procedure poses a risk of pain and suffering in violation of the Eighth Amendment ban on «cruel and unusual punishment»; and a Fourth Amendment case involving an unlawful search under state law that Volokh conspirator and Fourth Amendment guru Orin Kerr is interested in.

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a Missouri murderer's bid to avoid execution by lethal injection because it might rupture blood - filled tumors on his body due to a rare ailment, and he has suggested being put to death by gas.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a Missouri murderer's bid to avoid execution by lethal injection because it might rupture blood - filled tumors on his body due to a rare ailment, and he has suggested being put to death by gas.

Not exact matches

Who knows what Judge Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was thinking when she wouldn't keep the court house doors open for twenty more minutes to accept a filing by a death row inmate's (Michael Richard) attorneys, seeking a stay of execution based on an decision earlier that day by the Supreme Court to review a challenge to the constitutionality of lethal injection.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the case of a Missouri inmate who contends a rare medical condition would make being put to death by lethal injection «gruesome and painful» beyond the pain inherent in an execution.

The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of Bobby Glen Wilcher on Tuesday just minutes before the condemned inmate was scheduled to die by lethal injection.

Ross was scheduled to die by lethal injection Monday, but it appears that the execution may be delayed now in order to hold a mental competence hearing.