Supreme Court Upholds Execution Drug
By Jeralyn, Section Supreme Court
Posted on Mon Jun 29, 2015 at 11:52:27 AM EST
Tags: Lethal injection (all tags)
Posted on Mon Jun 29, 2015 at 11:52:27 AM EST
Tags: Lethal injection (all tags)
In a 5-4 opinion written by Justice Alito, the Supreme Court has upheld Oklahoma's use of midazolam in executions. The reasoning:
Alito said the prisoners failed to identify a “known and available alternative method of execution that entails a lesser risk of pain,” which he said was required under the court’s previous ruling upholding lethal injection. And he said plaintiffs had failed to establish that a massive dose of midazolam “entails a substantial risk of severe pain.”
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