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US Supreme Court lifts stay of Missouri execution
(Missouri Department of Corrections / Associated Press)
The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted its stay on the scheduled execution Wednesday of a Missouri death-row inmate whose lawyers had challenged the state’s refusal to disclose where it obtained its lethal injection drug.
Supreme Court ruling backs airlines in reporting possible threats
(Josh Reynolds / AP)
The Supreme Court overturns defamation ruling in case against Air Wisconsin brought by one of its pilots.
Lawyers: Mo. moving too quickly on executions
(Missouri Department of Corrections, File / Associated Press)
By the time the U.S. Supreme Court refused a last-minute request to stay the execution of Herbert Smulls, the Missouri inmate was already dead. His attorneys said Thursday that it was the third straight case in which Missouri has moved ahead with an execution while the case was still in court.
