Wheels Of Justice Move Too Slowly For State That's Really Excited To Kill Prisoners

Which state has been executing prisoners before courts have finished reviewing their appeals?

In my near 14 years on the bench, this is the first time I can recall this happening.

— Judge Kermit Bye of the Eighth Circuit, in a scathing dissent issued after Missouri executed a death row inmate before the court could finish reviewing his request for a stay. On Wednesday, Missouri executed another death row inmate, this time before the Supreme Court ruled on his request for a stay. The state has executed three inmates in as many months, all while appeals were still pending.

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