Prisoners Did Not Identify Alternative Method Of Execution, So Relief Denied.

Prisoners sentenced to death in Oklahoma contended the method of execution used by the State violates the Eighth Amendment because it creates an unacceptable risk of severe pain. They argue that Midazolam, the first drug employed in the State’s three-drug protocol, fails to render a person insensate to pain. The United States Supreme Court denied relief to the prisoners, stating the prisoners failed to identify a known and available alternative method of execution that entails a lesser risk of pain, a requirement of all Eighth Amendment method-of-execution claims. (Glossip v. Gross (U.S. Sup. Ct.; June 29, 2015) ___U.S.___ [135 S.Ct. 2726, 192 L.Ed.2d 761].) #Mellorlawfirm, #Lawyer, #Execution, #MarkAMellor