Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2017

Keywords

Eighth Amendment, cruel and unusual punishment, execution, capital punishment, lethal injection

Abstract

After capital punishment opponents’ pressure on drug suppliers reduced the lethal injection drug supply, Oklahoma began using midazolam, resulting in botched executions. Condemned inmates sought to stop use of this lethal injection protocol. In Glossip v. Gross, the U.S. Supreme Court found inmates failed to establish such protocols entail a substantial risk of severe pain compared to available alternatives, undermining the supply side attack strategy and leaving inmates facing the possibility of an unnecessarily painful execution. This article places the Glossip decision within the context of method of execution jurisprudence and discusses implications for the ongoing battle over capital punishment.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1177/0032885517743716

Comments

Rowe, B. I. (2018). How would you like to die? Glossip v. Gross deals blow to abolitionists. The Prison Journal, 98(1), 83-103.

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Brenda I. Rowe, How would you like to die? Glossip v. Gross deals blow to abolitionists, The Prison Journal, 98(1), pp. 83-103. Copyright © 2017 SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/0032885517743716 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032885517743716

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