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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Death row prisoner’s execution by lethal injection blocked by Supreme Court

AP

The Supreme Courtrejected a bid by Alabama officials to execute a prisoner on death row against his will by lethal injection on Monday.

Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was sentenced to death for a 1988 murder-for-hire, appealed against the “inhumane” method on the grounds it would violate his right to be free of cruel and inhumane punishment under the 8th Amendment, Reutersreported.

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