Supreme Court rules for death row inmate asking to die by firing squad
The decision came the same day as the court's landmark ruling that a New York law was too restrictive of the Constitution's right to bear arms.
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The decision came the same day as the court's landmark ruling that a New York law was too restrictive of the Constitution's right to bear arms.
In a second case, the court sided with a death row inmate who sought to be executed by firing squad. Learn more at Boston.com.
Update : The Supreme Court has narrowly ruled in favor of a condemned Georgia inmate who has requested death by firing squad because he has a medical condition that would make...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled state death row inmates can request to be executed in a method not approved in their states by filing a civil rights suit, reversing a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit that compelled the prisoners to file habeas corpus petitions instead.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of allowing a Georgia death row inmate to alter his execution method from lethal injection to firing squad.