From an AP story on Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer:
Last year, he wrote alone in saying the court should consider whether long delays on death row are cruel and unusual punishment.
Want a short wait on death row? Here’s a tip: Stop appealing your sentence.
If it was the government that was dragging things out, keeping the prisoner in suspense for years on end as to when he would be executed, maybe, just maybe, I could see that as being excessively cruel. But if the prisoner delays the execution, I think he’s pretty much waived this argument.
(Note: This entry is from my second attempt at a blog, called Spundit.com, and has been transferred here for historical purposes.)