I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. A Supreme Court ruling on executions has more implications than expected. Debt-laden Puerto Rico could unsettle the U.S. municipal bond market. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. TOP STORIES Death Row and Dissent The Supreme Court cleared the way for Oklahoma, and perhaps other states, to use a lethal drug cocktail for executions. The legal nugget everyone's talking about, though, is Justice Stephen G. Breyer's passionate dissent. He says the death penalty is "unfair, cruel and unusual" and seems to invite a constitutional assault.
Today: Death Row and Dissent. A Caribbean Greece?
