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Supreme Court Blocks Mississippi Execution

HeadlineOct 31, 2007

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Mississippi prisoner Earl Berry just moments before he was to die by lethal injection. The seven-to-two judgment all but assures the Supreme Court will block all executions until it issues a final ruling on a case challenging how courts should evaluate the constitutionality of lethal injection. Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito opposed the decision.

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