Death Penalty: Cruel and unusual?

USA Today and Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox lead with the Supreme Court's announcement that it will hear a case that challenges the constitutionality of lethal injections. The justices announced they will consider whether the method of execution violates the Constitution's provision against cruel and unusual punishment.

To learn more or act agout against the death penalty, visit the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty which is also where I once worked.

Ralph S. Baze speaks during an interview, Sept. 10, 2007, at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in a Kentucky case that could affect the way inmates are executed around the country. The high court will hear a challenge from two inmates on death row in Kentucky _ Ralph S. Baze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr. _ who sued Kentucky in 2004, claiming lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.