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Kentucky’s lethal injection method is constitutional, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday. The ruling, which affirms a lower court, could clear the way for executions to resume.
Death Row inmates Thomas Clyde Bowling, 52, and Ralph Baze, 49, challenged the method of execution in 2004, saying the drug formula causes inmates to feel pain and is therefore cruel and unusual punishment.
The state has not scheduled any executions since the lawsuit was filed. Bowling and Baze have received several stays of execution because of the court challenge.
