After Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike with pentobarbital, leaving her burned on the gurney, the state exhausted its constitutional margin and cannot subject her to a second attempt.
By Adele Rutherford ·
After Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike, the state lost its legal authority to make a second attempt under the Eighth Amendment.
By Adele Rutherford ·
After Alaska seized Kenneth Jouppi's airplane over a misdemeanor, the Supreme Court must enforce the Eighth Amendment to ensure punishments fit actual offenses rather than maximum statutory penalties.
By Adele Rutherford ·