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Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution

The three liberal Supreme Court justices took aim at their conservative colleagues for allowing the early Friday execution of an Alabama death row inmate who had raised claims about the state's history of botching the lethal injection process.

The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to block the execution of #James #Barber, who was put to death at about 2 a.m. local time.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/liberal-justices-blast-supreme-court-majority-allowing-alabama-executi-rcna95502

"This court’s decision denying Barber’s request for a stay allows Alabama to experiment again with a human life," Justice Sonia #Sotomayor wrote in a dissenting opinion joined by her liberal colleagues, Justices Elena #Kagan and Ketanji Brown #Jackson.
Barber had argued that the execution would violate his right to be free from #cruel and #unusual #punishment under the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.