Opinion ID: 1846083
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Heading: Lethal Injection Violates the Eighth Amendment.

Text: ¶ 22. This issue was capable of being raised on direct appeal and is procedurally barred from further consideration on collateral appeal. Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-21(1)(Rev.2000). In Jordan v. State, the petitioner failed to raise lethal injection as an Eighth Amendment claim and this Court employed the procedural bar. 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). 918 So.2d 636, 661. Despite the procedural bar, this Court looked to merits of the claim and found none based on Jordan's failure to submit any sworn proof as required by Mississippi Code Annotated Section 99-39-9(1)(e)(Rev.2000). Id. at 662. Likewise, counsel for Le fails to submit any affidavit which legitimately questions the lethal injection protocol employed by the Mississippi Department of Corrections. This issue is without merit.