The Supreme Court's latest clash over the death penalty focuses on whether the lethal chemical cocktail used by many states is an unnecessarily cruel way to die. Wednesday's 5-4 vote, which put a temporary stop to a Missouri execution, was illustrative of the Court's sharp division on the death penalty. Earlier this year, by the same vote, the justices issued a landmark ruling barring juvenile killers' executions on the grounds that they were cruel and unusual punishment.
May 19, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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