Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s lethal injection protocol

As detailed in this AP article, Florida’s state Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that “Florida’s procedure for carrying out execution by lethal injection doesn’t conflict with the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.”  I suppose what exactly this means in light of Baze will be for others to figure out in the days ahead.

The opinion in Schwab v. Florida can be accessed at this link.

UPDATE:  As a commentator notes, the Court’s longer treatment of these issues is in this other opinion, Lightbourne v. McCollum, also released today.