An interesting article by Elizabeth Weil on the strange origins of the current formula for lethal injections now under challenge at the Supreme Court:Hoping to coat the nastiness of killing with a veneer of medical respectability — and also hoping to save the state the...
the death penalty
It's all but official: the Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for a prisoner in Mississippi, "and thus gave a nearly indisputable indication that a majority intends to block.