Bucklew v. Precythe

Decided April 1, 2019. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-8151 · 587 U.S. 119 · Cited 407 times

Baze v. Rees, 553 U. S. 35, and Glossip v. Gross, 576 U. S. ___, govern all Eighth Amendment challenges alleging that a method of execution inflicts unconstitutionally cruel pain; petitioner’s as-applied challenge to Missouri’s single-drug execution protocol—that it would cause him severe pain because of his particular medical condition—fails to satisfy the Baze-Glossip test.

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