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Michael Nance, Petitioner v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. *** capital case ***
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June 23, 2022
Justices Give Inmates Path To Swap Execution Methods
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state death row inmates can ask to be executed in a method not approved in their states by filing a civil rights suit, reversing a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit that compelled the prisoners to file habeas corpus petitions instead.
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April 25, 2022
Justices Skeptical Prisoner Can't Challenge Execution Method
Several of the U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday picked apart the state of Georgia's argument that a condemned prisoner is barred from challenging the method of his execution because he is actually challenging the death sentence itself.