Edmondson Seeks Stop To Executions
Attorney General Drew Edmondson today asked the Court of Criminal Appeals today to stop scheduling executions until the U.S. Supreme Court settles the issue of what is cruel and unusual punishment.
The high court will hear an appeal of a Kentucky death-row inmate who claim his state's execution process violates the federal constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Oklahoma, like Kentucky, uses lethal injection for executions.
Edmondson said the case is expected to set a national standard for executions: "The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. The issue before the Supreme Court is what standard defines cruel and unusual. In Oklahoma, our standard prohibits the wanton infliction of pain. In the Kentucky case, the defendant is asking the court to set the standard at unnecessary risk of pain.”
The high court will hear an appeal of a Kentucky death-row inmate who claim his state's execution process violates the federal constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Oklahoma, like Kentucky, uses lethal injection for executions.
Edmondson said the case is expected to set a national standard for executions: "The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. The issue before the Supreme Court is what standard defines cruel and unusual. In Oklahoma, our standard prohibits the wanton infliction of pain. In the Kentucky case, the defendant is asking the court to set the standard at unnecessary risk of pain.”
Labels: Death Penalty, Drew Edmondson
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