Sentiment on the Supreme Court is swinging against the death penalty, Justice Scalia told a University of Minnesota Law School audience yesterday, and he “wouldn’t be surprised” if it’s struck down. Scalia, a death penalty supporter, said recent rulings from the Court make death sentences “all but impossible” to carry out, and implied a formal ruling ending the death penalty may come soon. His remarks occur against a backdrop of states scrambling to find execution drugs, botched executions, and moratoriums. Read the story here.
Photo: Texas has the nation’s busiest execution chamber