Supreme Court Considers Lethal Injection

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday addressing the legality of using lethal injection as a method of execution. David Barron, a 29 year old public defender, filed the appeal on behalf of two Kentucky death row inmates. Barron argues that the three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections can cause excruciating pain, which amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, a violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. Larry and his guests David R. Dow, Professor of Law at the University of Houston, and John Eastman, Dean of the Chapman University School of Law discuss the appeal which marks the first time in more than a century that the high court will address the legality of a method of execution.