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  • In a blow to capital punishment foes, Supreme Court reinstates 3 death sentences (Wichita Massacre)

    01/25/2016 7:15:07 PM PST · by heartwood · 55 replies
    LA Times ^ | 1/20/2016 | David G. Savage
    The Supreme Court restored death sentences Wednesday for three Kansas murderers by an 8-1 vote, undercutting predictions by some that a majority of the justices is ready to strike down capital punishment nationwide. Speaking in court, Justice Antonin Scalia described the "notorious Wichita Massacre" in which two brothers broke into a home, tortured five young men and women and then took them to a snowy field where they were "shot in the back of the head, execution-style." Amazingly, one young woman survived when a hair clip deflected a bullet, and she later testified against Reginald and Jonathan Carr. A jury...