Fates of Inmates Linked
Even though they have been physically separated by over a thousand miles for the past two decades, the paths of these two men crossed last week in the same room, within hours of each other.
Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in the case of Ernest McCarver, 40, a death row inmate in North Carolina, who came within hours of being executed last month for murdering a coworker in 1987. The high court will be deciding whether it is unconstitutional to execute people considered to have mental retardation. The case will be heard this fall and a decision is likely next year.