Supreme Court rejects appeal to outlaw death penalty
By the Associated Press | January 25, 2016 | 10:23 AM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting a Pennsylvania inmate's
appeal to consider banning the death penalty across the United States.
The justices did not comment Monday in turning away a challenge from death
row inmate Shonda Walter.
Walter's appeal plays off Justice Stephen Breyer's call in an impassioned
dissent in June to re-evaluate the death penalty in light of problems
involving its imposition and use.
Breyer renewed his plea last week when he was the lone justice willing to
give a last-minute reprieve to an Alabama death row inmate who was later put
to death.
