A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled the state's three-drug lethal injection protocol is constitutional, clearing the way for the state to execute the 28 death row inmates who were plaintiffs in the case.
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled the state's three-drug lethal injection protocol is constitutional, clearing the way for the state to execute the 28 death row inmates who were plaintiffs in the case.
But after hearing conflicting expert testimony about the effectiveness of midazolam during a week-long federal trial earlier this year, Judge Stephen Friot's ruling on Monday said the drug can be relied upon for executions.
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