Baze v. Rees

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Baze v. Rees
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Decided
April 16, 2008
Surname: Ralph Baze and Thomas C. Bowling, Petitioners v. John D. Rees, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections, et al.
Quoted: 553 US 35 (2008)
Facts: Appeal of two death row inmates to ban lethal injection as a cruel punishment.
statement

Kentucky State's method of execution is constitutional.

Positions
Majority opinion: Roberts with Kennedy and Alito
Dissenting opinion: Alito , Stevens , Scalia with Thomas , Breyer
Opinion: Ginsburg with Souter
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Applied Law

VIII. Amendment to the US Constitution

Baze v. Rees is in litigation before the United States Supreme Court (Docket # 07-5439).

The subject was death sentences of Ralph Baze and Thomas Bowling (both Kentucky ) for murder. The convicts were of the opinion that the lethal injection that was awaiting them represented a cruel punishment and thus violated the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. In the run-up to the trial, executions had repeatedly resulted in complications that delayed death and caused unintended pain.

On July 11, 2007, the defense lawyers filed a motion to allow the appeal of the appeal ( petition for writ of certiorari ), which the court granted on September 25, 2007 and ordered the devolution effect . As a result, there was a nationwide moratorium on executions in order to await the outcome of the proceedings. The hearing took place on January 7, 2008. On April 16, 2008, the Kentucky type of execution was declared constitutional by a majority of 7-2; Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter did not support the decision.

See also: Death Penalty in the United States

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