The Supreme Court on Monday held that Missouri can execute a man who claims to suffer from a medical condition that will make lethal injection excruciatingly painful.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> The court voted 5-4 along ideological lines despite some suggestion during oral arguments in November that Justice Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's second nominee to the high court, would join the panel's liberal members in barring the execution.
Bucklew's attorneys argued that lethal injection will cause Bucklew to suffer from the feeling that he's suffocating for several minutes during the execution. For Bucklew, they argued, the punishment is cruel and unusual, even if it the method is permissible for others. Gorsuch also concluded that under the court's precedents in two previous cases, Bucklew is required to present an alternative method of execution that is feasible, readily implemented and likely to reduce the chances of extreme pain.
Kavanaugh wrote that"the firing squad is an alternative method of execution that generally causes an immediate and certain death, with close to zero risk of a botched execution," citing comments from Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a separate case.
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