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Article: EDITORIAL: Top court to rule on lethal injections
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Staff Editorial
University Wire
11-01-2007
(The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- The Supreme Court sent a powerful message to lower courts this week when it granted a Mississippi inmate a stay of execution literally moments before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection.
The Court's 7-2 decision gave strong indication that a majority intends to block all executions until the Court decides on a lethal injection case from Kentucky next spring, according to The New York Times.
The decision also sets precedent for lower courts that were struggling to decide whether to hold executions in their districts until the Court decides on the Kentucky case, Baze v. Rees.
Baze v. Rees, will issue ...