Much is being said about NOTHING... He did not SIDE WITH A KILLER. He heard a legal theory, and is willing to hear the arguments. Learn procedure and facts before making false accusations. This is not on the MERITS... it is about LAWS.
He will be a GREAT CONSERVATIVE SCJ...
It sure is odd to see so many Freepers anxious to consider the "legal theory" that execution by legal injection is "cruel and unusual punishment". Thousands of people with real cases are denied a hearing in the Supreme Court so the Supreme Court can waste time on issues like this? I suppose the Bush loyalists would be happy if Alito voted to hear some case denying a claim against McDonalds for causing obesity too. It's a "legal theory". Cases like this evidence a total lack of discernment by judges.