The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the US Constitution does not guarantee a prisoner sentenced to capital punishment 'a painless death,' paving the way for the execution of a convicted murderer who sought to die by lethal gas rather than lethal injection because of a rare medical condition.
The Supreme Court in the US ruled against a prisoner who sought to die by lethal gas rather than lethal injection.The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the US Constitution does not guarantee a prisoner sentenced to capital punishment"a painless death," paving the way for the execution of a convicted murderer who sought to die by lethal gas rather than lethal injection because of a rare medical condition.
In a decision written by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court ruled 5-4 that Bucklew had failed to present enough evidence for them to let him ask a lower court to allow him to be executed by lethal gas. The court's five conservatives were in the majority and its four liberals dissented.
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