WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said in an order on Tuesday that the full court will reconsider a case about the US state of Ohio's lethal injection drug protocol for three men on death row.
"It is ordered, that the previous opinion and judgment of this court are vacated, the mandate is stayed and this case is restored to the docket as a pending appeal," the court document stated.
US media reported that the case involves three death row inmates who are arguing that the state's use of the drug midazolam is unconstitutional because the person will still feel pain and that violates the US constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.
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