Justices Rule Against Missouri Inmate With Rare Health Issue

Justices Rule Against Missouri Inmate With Rare Health Issue
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WASHINGTON—Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is put to death by lethal injection, the Supreme Court ruled on April 1.

The justices split along ideological lines in ruling 5-4 against inmate Russell Bucklew, who is on death row for a 1996 murder.