Supreme Court Upholds Kentucky's Use of Lethal Injections

[Wretched Excess]

We have to take this act on the road WE.

we would die of starvation.  unless we ate the rotten tomatoes that they threw at us.

[Ptarmigan]

I heart Chief Justice Roberts.

John Roberts will be one of the greatest Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

[Chris_]

You want to ensure you die of old age, ensured you will get healthy food, daily exercise, plenty of sleep, opportunities to get degrees, surf the Internet for hours at a time, have women throw themselves at you, and generally be assured a lifestyle far superior to the average American?

Get yourself on California's Death Row.

[mondonico]

part of the update from the original link:

But in court, the justices seemed skeptical of the argument. Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia said, "Where does this come from that you must find the method of execution that causes the least pain? We have approved electrocution. We have approved death by firing squad. I expect both of those have more possibilities of painful death than the protocol here."

"cruel and unusual" almost certainly was never intended to mean "painless".  execution methods at the time of the
promulgation of the bill of rights were probably downright agonizing.

A painless execution at that time was probably unusual. Maybe that means painless executions are unconstitutional.