Glossip v Gross Case Brief On April 29, 2014, a death row inmate, Clayton Lockett, was given a lethal injection to render him unconscious before being executed. Clayton Lockett was charged with murder, rape, kidnapping and assault in 2000. He was executed in Oklahoma because he was constitutional under the Equality Act. The lethal injection, Midazolam, can cause serious respiratory problems especially when used for sedation in non-critical care settings. After Lockett received the injection and remained unconscious for a while, he woke up and died 40 minutes later. Many people have complained that the use of Midazolam should be considered illegal and prohibited due to the violation of Eighth Amendment rights, “cruel and unusual punishment.” “Oklahoma suspended all subsequent executions until the incident could be investigated and subsequently adopted a new protocol that placed greater emphasis on ensuring the injection was performed correctly. The new protocol also allowed for four alternative drug combinations, one of which used midazolam as the starting drug, as did the protocol used in Lockett's execution.” (Glossip v. Gross, n.d.) Charles Warner, an ex-con accused of rape and murder of an 11-month-old baby in 1997, and in his “20s.” The system would be one-way and would basically save and protect a murderer's life while indirectly telling beloved family members and friends that the criminal has every right to live and is protected by the government after their loved one was brutally murdered by this
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