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· 10/25/2023

In re W.H. and B.H.

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  • holding that Kentucky’s failure to adopt the proposed alternatives does not, by itself, demonstrate that the execution procedure is cruel and unusual
  • holding that a pretrial detainee has at least as much protection as a prisoner
  • recognizing that thirty-six states that sanction capital punishment have adopted lethal injection as the means and that thirty of those states as well as the Federal Government use the same three-drug protocol
  • holding that lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment
  • holding that lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment
  • holding that lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment

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