BILLY RAY IRICK
v.
TENNESSEE.
If it turns out upon more sober appellate review that this case presents the question, I would grant certiorari to decide the important question whether the Constitution truly tolerates executions carried out by such quite possibly torturous means.
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In refusing to grant Irick a stay, the Court today turns a blind eye to a proven likelihood that the State of Tennessee is on the verge of inflicting several minutes of torturous pain on an inmate in its custody, while shrouding his suffering behind a veneer of paralysis. I cannot in good conscience join in this "rush to execute" without first seeking every assurance that our precedent permits such a result. No. M1987-00131-SC-DPE-DD (Lee, J., dissenting), at 1. If the law permits this execution to go forward in spite of the horrific final minutes that Irick may well experience, then we have stopped being a civilized nation and accepted barbarism. I dissent.
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- McGEHEE v. Asa Hutchinson, 137 S. Ct. 1275 (U.S. 2017)
- Garrett Dean Door, Sr. v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 1126 (U.S. 2017)
- Pemex-Exploración Y Producción v. Corporación Mexicana de Mantenimiento Integral, 137 S. Ct. 1622 (U.S. 2017)
- Arkansas v. Davis., 137 S. Ct. 1621 (U.S. 2017)
- Herrera-Villareal v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 1126 (U.S. 2017)
- Dewayne Reshard Robinson v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 1126 (U.S. 2017)
- Walker v. Ark. Dep't of Corr., 137 S. Ct. 1136 (U.S. 2017)