a new trial date has been set in the federal civil case that has held up all executions...

a new trial date has been set in the federal civil case that has held up all executions in Delaware since May 9, 2006 (see).
Chief District Judge Sue L. Robinson will now hear the class-action lawsuit against Delaware by the Federal Community Defender Service, on behalf of all Delaware's death row inmates, on Oct. 9.
Attorneys for Delaware had opposed the delay but Robinson ruled that the plaintiffs should have more time to complete pre-trial discovery.
The case had originally been set to go to trial in September.
The lawsuit charges that the way Delaware carries out lethal injections amounts to unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment.
The Delaware lawsuit is similar to suits filed in other parts of the country that also raise questions about the constitutionality of lethal injection as a method of execution.