Wednesday Legal News Round Up
Notable legal news and views from around the legal world: The AP reports that the U.S. government has agreed to remove over 50 decaying military ships from a California bay […]
Eighth Amendment
Former detainee sues U.S. military contractors
Fox Business News reports: New torture claims have been leveled at two U.S. military contractors by a former Abu Ghraib “ghost” detainee who was wrongly imprisoned and later released without […]
Supreme Court upholds lethal injection
CNN reports: The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection as a means of executing prisoners, ruling that the method — used in 35 states […]
Supreme Court to review constitutionality of lethal injections
AP News reports: The US Supreme Court announced Tuesday it would consider the constitutionality of lethal injections, which is used in almost all executions in the United States. The court […]