Docket 20-8043
Docket 20-8043
Buntion v. Lumpkin
Carl Wayne Buntion asked the Supreme Court to stay his execution so he could challenge his 31-year stay on death row. He argued that executing him after such a long delay constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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