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An example PI of one person making a difference when others far more experienced didn’t care enough to try.
By BRETT BARROUQUERE, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 57 minutes ago
FRANKFORT, Ky. - One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders.
David Barron, 29, filed an appeal on behalf of two Kentucky death row inmates, arguing that the three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections across the country can cause excruciating pain, and thus amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
After three years of long hours on Barron's part, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 7.
"I can't believe I've got a case before the Supreme Court and I'm not even 30 years old," Barron said.
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