Supreme Court rejects inmate’s request to be executed by firing squad

The inmate, Ernest Johnson, has epilepsy caused by a brain tumor — and he believes a lethal injection execution may cause a torturous epileptic seizure, Reuters reported.

Supreme Court Rejects Inmate’s Request To Be Executed By Firing Squad

The New York Post – by Ben Feuerherd

The Supreme Court rejected a bid Monday by an ill death-row inmate to be executed by firing squad out of fear a lethal injection may cause excruciating pain.

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