RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Good: US Supreme Court delays executions amid drugs review Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:46 pm | |
| The US Supreme Court has postponed the executions of three death row inmates who say the use of the sedative midazolam in the procedures is cruel.
Justices said Oklahoma could not execute Richard Glossip, John Grant and Benjamin Cole by lethal injection using midazolam while the case is pending.
The men's lawyers argue that midazolam presents an unconstitutional risk of pain and suffering.
The drug was used in three executions seen as botched in 2014.
Richard Glossip's execution had been scheduled for Thursday night while the other two were scheduled for lethal injection in the coming weeks.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31033353#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa |
|