Between a Constitutional Rock and a Procedural Hard Place: Placing Petitioners in an Eighth Amendment Battle of Persuasion.

The article focuses on capital punishment in the U.S., citing pertinence of the eight amendment to the same, as of April 2016. Topics include U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case Baze v. Rees; the standard set forth in the case Glossip v. Gross, related to capital punishment; implications of the case Glossip v. Gross for petitioners seeking relief in the court.