US Supreme Court justice issues order halting Missouri execution

[JURIST] US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito [official profile] issued an order [text] Tuesday evening halting the execution of Missouri inmate Russell Bucklew. Bucklew's attorneys have asked [WP report] courts to stay the execution because of Bucklew's medical conditions. According to an affidavit from Dr. Joel B. Zivot [official profile], an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Bucklew suffers from numerous congenital health conditions that put him at high risk of choking or suffocating during...

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