Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Supreme Court to consider lethal injection drug legality

On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court is set to consider whether a three drug mix used for lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

The case comes as multiple states across the US have been turning to experimental drug combinations, as European manufacturers refuse to sell them drugs they've previously used to carry out executions.

Rebecca Foster reports from Washington.

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