In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the use of the drug midazolam, which sedates prisoners before being executed via lethal injection, does not violate the Constitution.
According to SCOTUSblog, the challenge, filed by death row inmates:
“failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits on their claim that the use of midazolam violates the Eighth Amendment.”
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