Supreme Court justice halts Missouri execution

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Source: Associated Press

ONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has issued an order halting the planned execution of a Missouri inmate.

Alito's order issued late Tuesday does not explain why he suspended the scheduled execution of Russell Bucklew, but it indicates that he or the high court will have more to say about the matter.

The order was issued shortly after the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a stay of execution granted hours earlier by a three-judge panel of that court.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-justice-halts-missouri-execution-040538604.html

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1. Alito??? Really???

Thank goodness!

[MannyGoldstein]

2. I know!

Perhaps he and the other four want to proclaim that burning at the stake is the only constitutional form of capitol punishment.

[Nye Bevan]

3. I would prefer a bullet in the back of my head

to an easily botched lethal injection with dubious chemicals.

[davidpdx]

6. I know, I thought the same thing

Is it backward's day? A good move, but we'll have to see what happens next.

[Fearless]

4. Even a broken clock... n/t

[egold2604]

5. because he is white...