IN THE NEWS: Supreme Court OKs Method of Execution
IN THE NEWS: Supreme Court OKs Method of Execution
The Supreme Court of the United States, in a 5-4 opinion, approved the use of midazolam in lethal injection executions. For years, several States have wrestled with what chemicals to use during a lethal injection execution. More recently, pharmaceutical companies began to limit the sale of certain chemicals that were being used. The result was many states, such as Oklahoma, had to seek alternative chemicals for lethal injection executions. Today the Supreme Court held that Oklahoma did not violate the 8th Amendment in their use of midazolam, the chemical used in the recent execution of Richard Glossip, John Grant and Benjamin Cole.
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