The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed reluctant to place too many procedural barriers in the path of death row inmates who want to make last-minute challenges to a state’s method of execution.
Exploring for the first time the humaneness of lethal injections — the method of choice for almost all states that use the death penalty — the justices appeared reluctant to give states carte blanche to use any combination of death-dealing chemicals they choose.
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