Richard E. Glossip et al., Petitioners
Robin C. Konrad, Counsel of Record
Richard E. Glossip was convicted of murder for hire and sentenced to death in 1997. On June 25, 2014, Glossip and 21 other prisoners on Oklahoma’s death row filed suit against the State and its relevant officials, challenging the use midazolam as the anesthetic administered prior to injecting a convict with two lethal drugs that would otherwise induce intense pain. The drug, they argued, was ineffective and its use constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Constitution and in violation of the civil rights protections of 42 U.S. Code Section 1983. They cited the execution of Clayton Lockett on…
