Supreme Court of the United States

Charles F. Warner v. Kevin J. Gross

January 15, 2015135 S. Ct. 824

Summary

Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, dissents from the Court’s denial of a stay of execution for Charles Warner, arguing that the petitioners demonstrated a substantial risk that Oklahoma’s midazolam‑based lethal‑injection protocol could cause unnecessary pain and that they satisfied the requirements for a stay.