Legal Opinion
Valle v. Singer
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 2011No. 11-13891PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Per curiam
Manuel Valle is a death row prisoner who is scheduled to be executed by the State of Florida. The State originally scheduled his execution by lethal injection for August 2, 2011. The Florida Supreme Court granted a stay to allow a Florida circuit court to determine whether the State’s use of an altered lethal injection protocol — one that substituted pentobarbital for sodium thiopental in its three-drug execution cocktail — violates the Eighth Amendment. Following an evidentiary hearing, the circuit court denied relief. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed, lifting its previously issued stay.…
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