Supreme Court: Drug Used in Botched Execution Not Cruel and Unusual
Jay Hathaway · 06/29/15 09:52AMThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday approved the continued use of a sedative called midazolam in lethal injections, despite the controversy around a painful botched execution in Oklahoma last year. The petitioners in the case, Glossip v. Gross, are three Oklahoma death row inmates arguing the state’s execution drug cocktail constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.