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Just 15 minutes before a man in Mississippi was set to be executed last night, the Supreme Court issued a stay. Court watchers say that this latest action is a “nearly indisputable indication” that the court will block all executions involving lethal injection until it hears Baze v. Rees in January. Baze will take up the question of whether the lethal injection protocol currently in use is cruel and unusual punishment. There’s more analysis over at SCOTUS Blog.

Earlier on blog.bioethics.net:
+ Another angle on the lethal injection question
+ Is lethal injection cruel and unusual punishment?
+ Is 2 Hours and 10 Tries Humane?

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