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Crime & Law

Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injection Method

April 16th, 2008 16 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Baze v. Rees that the lethal injection method used for capital punishment does not infringe upon the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. This landmark case arose from concerns about the potential suffering caused by the three-drug protocol employed during executions. The decision, issued by a divided Court, reiterated the constitutionality of lethal injection as it relates to capital punishment in the United States, impacting future executions nationwide.

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