The end of the de facto moratorium that had been in place awaiting a ruling in Baze v. Rees is now official as evidenced by the denial of 11 death row appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court (NY Times):
The justices’ orders declining to review the cases were not unexpected, given the court’s ruling last week in a Kentucky case that the state’s procedure for lethal injections did not amount to unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment. Barriers to executions in other states may also be lifted soon.
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