US Supreme Court justice issues order halting Missouri execution
[JURIST] US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito [official profile] issued an order [text] Tuesday
evening halting the execution of Missouri inmate Russell Bucklew.
Bucklew's attorneys have asked [WP report] courts to stay the execution
because of Bucklew's medical conditions. According to an affidavit from
Dr. Joel B. Zivot [official profile], an Assistant Professor of
Anesthesiology and Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Bucklew
suffers from numerous congenital health conditions that put him at high
risk of choking or suffocating during...
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