Controversial execution drug ruled legal by US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a drug used to execute prisoners is legal under the Constitution.

Three prisoners on death row in Oklahoma argued the drug constituted cruel and unusual punishment, but as John Clarke reports from Washington, the court has narrowly upheld the right of the state to use it.

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