A flurry of last minute appeals have been filed by lawyers of a Missouri man scheduled to die by lethal injection.
He’s the named plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging the state’s lethal injection protocol is unconstitutional and creates a substantial risk of severe pain.
As Rachel Silverman reports, those allegations are part of a national debate about the death penalty and the drugs used in U. S. executions.
IN: “Missouri officials”
OUT: SOC
DUR: 40 seconds
POT: 30 seconds (“unconstitutional”)