Another death sentence OK'd by Catholics who follow the law, not their declared faith which opposes capital punishment, and particularly cruel executions. 6-3. The usual lineup. Sotomayor particularly lambasts her colleague Brett Kavanaugh for hypocrisy.
Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting (Joined by Breyer and Kagan):
“There are higher values than ensuring that executions run on time.” ... (SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting) The Eighth
Amendment sets forth one: We should not countenance the
infliction of cruel and unusual punishment simply for the
sake of expediency. That is what the Eighth Circuit’s decision has done. Because this Court chooses to stand idly by,
I respectfully dissent
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