More Lethal Injection Stays Pending Court Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday granted a motion to stay the lethal injection execution of Christopher Scott Emmett, a Virginia capital murder and robbery convict. This adds to the list of states that have delayed executions pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Baze v. Rees to determine whether lethal injection procedures constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. As recently as Monday, a Nevada court also stayed all executions in the state, including the execution of convict, William Patrick Castillo.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1737670520071017?sp=true; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/16/AR2007101601894.html?hpid=sec-metro
