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Florida and executions - Former Secretary Singletary?s statement, ?We know for sure this is going to happen again?,

THE EXISTING PROCEDURE THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA UTILIZES FORLETHAL INJECTION VIOLATES THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITEDSTATES CONSTITUTION AS IT CONSTITUTES CRUEL AND UNUSUALPUNISHMENT. Well after the imposition of Mr. Tompkins?s sentence ofdeath, Florida adopted lethal injection as its method ofexecution. In Sims v. State, 754 So. 2d 657 (Fla. 2000), thisCourt first addressed an Eighth Amendment challenge to the thennewly adopted method of execution, i.e. lethal injection. Thechemical process utilized in executions in Florida that was atissue in Sims provided as explained by this Court: In all, a total of eight syringes will be used, each ofwhich will be injected in a consecutive order into theIV tube attached to the inmate...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on November 22, 2008 (boomark / email).