Opinion ID: 1705889
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Risk of Excessive Pain and Suffering.

Text: ¶ 81. It is Spicer's contention that execution by lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. This is the first time Spicer has raised this issue, and it was capable of being raised on direct appeal. The issue is now procedurally barred from further consideration on collateral appeal. Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(1) (Rev.2007). In Jordan v. State , the petitioner failed to raise lethal injection as an Eighth Amendment claim and this Court employed the procedural bar. Jordan v. State, 918 So.2d 636, 661 (Miss. 2005). Jordan failed to make any claim relating to the method of execution at trial or on direct appeal. Therefore, this claim is barred for consideration for the first time on application for leave to seek post-conviction relief. See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(1); Bishop v. State, 882 So.2d 135, 149 (Miss.2004); Grayson v. State, 879 So.2d 1008, 1020 (Miss.2004). Id. ¶ 82. Notwithstanding the procedural bar, the Jordan Court looked to merits of the claim and found none based, on Jordan's failure to submit any sworn proof as is required by Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-39-9(1)(e) (Rev.2007). Id. at 662. Spicer also has failed to provide this Court with any affidavit which legitimately questions the lethal-injection protocol employed by the Mississippi Department of Corrections. This issue is without merit.