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General Category => Domestic & World News => Topic started by: AngelOfThyNight on September 28, 2022, 11:25:55 PM
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'Shadow docket' further erodes SCOTUS' legitimacy
By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court cleared the way last week for Alabama to execute Alan Miller, who killed three men in a 1999 workplace rampage. The court ruling came around 9 p.m. Thursday, about three hours before Miller's death warrant was set to expire. In a turn of events, the state wasn't able to execute Miller before midnight because prison officials couldn't access his vein to administer the lethal injection.
Source: 'Shadow docket' further erodes SCOTUS' legitimacy (https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/opinions/supreme-court-shadow-docket-vladeck/index.html)