Court to rule tomorrow on death penalty cases
The Supreme Court is scheduled to release its decision tomorrow in the case of Brown, Gentry and Stenson v. Vail, No. 83474-1. Three death row inmates are challenging the constitutionality of Washington's lethal injection procedure. A Thurston County Superior Court ruled last year that the state's procedures were constitutional. Subsequently, the Department of Corrections changed its protocol from a three-drug cocktail (which the inmates objected to) to a one-drug system.
For more information on this case see this Associated Press article. Click here for more background on capital punishment in Washington state.
