Man Executed After High Court Ruling
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A German citizen who chose the gas chamber over lethal injection in a bid to avoid execution was put to death by injection after being given a last-minute choice. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court and allowed the execution of Karl LaGrand in Florence, Ariz. A federal appeals court had ruled earlier in the day that the use of cyanide gas was cruel and unusual punishment, just as LaGrand had calculated. LaGrand, 35, fatally stabbed a bank manager during a botched robbery in 1982.
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