Baze v. Rees…Punishing Capital Punishment

Baze v. Rees…Punishing Capital Punishment – Plaintiff Arguments are Cruel and Unusal – by Jim Hagedorn (January 7, 2008) Today the Supreme Court entertained oral arguments in Baze v. Rees.  The plaintiffs allege that the lethal injection process utilized by the State of Kentucky to execute convicted capital murderers is unconstitutional under the Constitution’s 8th [...]