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The email edition is now available. From the intro: If you have haven’t guessed, thanks to the traditional early January slowdown, there isn’t much new case law to report in this edition. The Baze oral arguments dominates this issue. The oral argument transcript reveals that all the Justices appear to support the concept that the Eighth Amendment does apply to the procedures of how a person is executed. The Justices appear split, however, on whether the record is adequate to address the ultimate issues and whether the Court should remand for further factual developments. The ultimate question, is perhaps best summed up by Reason magazine?s Jacob Sullum, Which Execution Method Causes the Least Discomfort (to the Public)? The Supreme Court in Wright v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 14, 2008 (boomark / email).