Supreme Court Hears Case Challenging Method of Execution
The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in the case of Alabama death row inmate Larry David Nelson. Our most recent background on the lethal injection controversy is here and here. From the AP article:
Because of the condition of his veins - damaged by drug use - it may be impossible to insert an intravenous line without a type of surgery, Stevenson said. Justices peppered Stevenson and Alabama's lawyer with questions about how his death sentence would be carried out, with the possibility of prison staff cutting into his neck or thigh to get to a good vein. The court is deciding a technical question of whether last-minute appeals from death row inmates should be allowed in federal courts.
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