Appeals court opens way for Mississippi to resume executions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Appeals court opens way for Mississippi to resume executions
Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Updated 7:09 pm, Monday, June 27, 2016

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could be able to resume executions early next month after an appeals court denied to rehear a case challenging a drug the state plans to use in lethal injections.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied the motion by Ricky Chase, Richard Jordan and Thomas Loden Jr. to have the entire court reconsider a February ruling by a three-judge appeals panel. Jordan and Loden have exhausted their appeals, meaning Attorney General Jim Hood could ask the state Supreme Court to set execution dates.

The lawsuit is one of a series of continuing legal skirmishes nationwide over lethal injection drugs.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Appeals-court-opens-way-for-Mississippi-to-resume-8328009.php

[forest444]

1. Most of those who support the death penalty, also think that it will mostly be applied to black men.

That was, at least, my experience when I lived in the Magnolia State.