WOP 4-17-08

4-17-08—Justices Uphold Lethal Injection in Kentucky Case. ..”Simply because an execution method may result in pain, either by accident or death, does not establish the sort of ‘objectively intolerable risk of harm’ that qualifies as cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment.” [said Catholic Hoosier Chief Justice John Roberts] NYT A1

--I was doing my Pilates when [the Pope’s] plane touched down, and nothing usually keeps me from that, you know. I was moved. I just teared up.”—nonCatholic Kathie Lee Gifford NYT A25