Justice Sotomayor Takes Aim at Lethal Injection
(WorldNews Politics)

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court the constitutionality of Thomas Arthur´s impending death by lethal injection, effectively clearing the way for Alabama to execute him. Only two justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer, would´ve considered Arthur´s constitutional claims. To emphasize her disgust with the court´s nondecision, Sotomayor penned a dissent, joined by Breyer, explaining why Alabama´s treatment of Arthur likely violates the Constitution. Her mordant opinion reaffirms her deep skepticism of lethal injection´s legality-and cements her position as the court´s chief critic of state efforts to wriggle around the Constitution and inflict punishments that are almost certainly `cruel and...