needs electrodes attached to both legs in order to work properly. Leuchter also criticized the present leg electrode because it had been haphazardly constructed from an old Army boot and other spare parts. 12 . See In re Kemmler, 136 U.S. 436, 10 S.Ct. 930, 34 L.Ed. 519 (1890) (addressing electrocution as a method of execution); Wilkerson v. Utah, 99 U.S. 130, 25 L.Ed. 345 (1878) (addressing shooting as a method of execution). 13 . See infra note 17. 14 . See generally Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459, 464, 67 S.Ct. 374, 376, 91 L.Ed. 422 (1947) (“The cruelty against which the Constitution protects a convicted man is cruelty inherent in the method of punishment, not the necessary suffering involved in any method employed to extinguish life 5, 91 L.Ed.2d 335 (1986) (<HOLDING>); the imposition of death for crimes other than
holding that it is cruel and unusual to execute the insane holding the constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment may be waived holding cruel and unusual punishment complaint not preserved holding that what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is a question of law holding that a cruel and unusual punishment claim is not jurisdictional and therefore may not be raised for the first time on appeal