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When it agreed last September to take up Baze v. Rees, a challenge to the constitutionality of lethal injection, the Supreme Court effectively imposed a national moratorium on the death penalty.(The Week)(Brief article)

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When it agreed last September to take up Baze v. Rees, a challenge to the constitutionality of lethal injection, the Supreme Court effectively imposed a national moratorium on the death penalty. On April 16, the justices rendered their verdict: Lethal injection is neither cruel nor unusual. It may in fact be the most humane method of execution available. Its relative gentleness is precisely why it has supplanted both the electric chair and the gas chamber as a way of dealing death. Chief Justice John Roberts got to the heart of the matter in his majority opinion. "Capital punishment is ...

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