The U.S. Supreme Court on January 28 placed a stay on the execution of three Oklahoma death row inmates whose case is currently pending before the Court. The Court is expected to hear argument on the case in April, which centers on the issue of whether Oklahoma's lethal injection procedure (which utilizes the sedative midazolam) violates the U.S. Constitution as cruel and unusual punishment.
The sedative was involved in the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma on April 2014, in which Lockett died of a heart attack nearly 45 minutes after the drug administration.
The Supreme Court case is Glossip v. Gross, No. 14-7955. Additional information on the case is available through SCOTUSblog here. For those seeking additional news coverage, articles are available from NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, among others.
The McKusick Law Library has also updated its Capital Punishment LibGuide with information about the Supreme Court case. The LibGuide also serves as a resource for those interested in pursuing additional research in this area. Links to print titles in the Law Library's collection are included in the LibGuide, such as:
Death Penalty in a Nutshell / Victor Streib
Capital Punishment / Paul G. Connors (Editor)
The LibGuide also provides detailed information about the death penalty in South Dakota.
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