Supreme Court Set New Execution Dates

In Washington, the Supreme Court has set new execution dates for three inmates in Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas because they were granted last-minute reprieves by the justices a year ago. Even so, the court turned down the appeals for Carlton Turner of Texas, Thomas Arthur of Alabama, and Earl Wesley Berry of Misissippi. The court blocked their executions while it considered Kentucky's lethal injection procedures.

The justice feels that the procedures used for the people in death row are unconstitutional and cruel. This decision will almost certainly lead to a resumption of executions after a 7-month hiatus of course.

Unfortunately for the three inmates, the high court's sparing them expired when the justices denied their appeals. Not only did these three inmates get denied their appeals but so did seven other death row inmates, Juan Velazquez in Arizona, Samuel Crow and Joseph Williams of Georgia, Michael Taylor in Missouri, Kenneth Biros, Richard Cooey, and James Frazier of Ohio. But unlike the other three inmates, they will not be facing imminent execution.

It is still unclear to the courts whether or not they will grant the seven inmates new appeals to stop their executions. Challenging the lethal injection procedure as being cruel and injust has become very hard to prove. Many problems have occured with numerous states asministering the drugs in the lethal injection procedure.

Only three dozen states use three particular drugs to kill death row inmates. The first drug puts the inmate to sleep, then the second paralyzes the inmate, and then the third drug finally kills the inmate. Critcs of these procedures note that if the first drug is not admisinstered properly, the inmate could suffer excruciating pain from the other two drugs that follow. Because the second drug is paralytic to the inmate, leaving him/her to move or even speak, the inmate would be unable to express their discomfort.

"Housing Loss Crisis"

In this editorial, you can tell that Omar is a firm believer in Obama and what he has to offer if he were to win the presidency. You can tell that he is most appreciative that Obama is planning to have the government's aid in fixing what he has helped to destroy, our economy. Because our economy is in a recession, the government has allowed banks to write several loans to people that could not pay them off. Omar states in his blog that McCain refused this bill and felt that the government should play no role in the future of home owners that are at risk of losing their homes. It is important to know what Obama plans to do for the economy, and Omar's blog clearly defines this approach as helpful and needed.