Is Oklahoma’s Use Of Lethal Injection Cruel And Unusual? 

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the use of the lethal injection in the United States, following a number of botched executions.

Lawyers for three death-row inmates in Oklahoma argued that the state’s three-drug protocol for executions violates constitutional bans on cruel and unusual punishment. The protocol includes the potentially unreliable sedative midazolam.

Midazolam was used in the controversial execution of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett in 2014. Lockett’s execution took more than forty minutes. Although he was sedated, Lockett’s body writhed and he breathed heavily during the execution. Lockett eventually died of a heart attack.

Midazolam was also used in two other prolonged executions last year in Ohio and Arizona in which prisoners appeared to suffer.

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Lesson For Everyone: Citizen Pulls Cop Over, Issues Warning 

A recent video out of Florida shows a brave citizen flipping the tables on a sheriff’s deputy, pulling the cop over for a number of infractions before letting him go with a warning.

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Want To Record The Cops? Know Your Rights 

There are some very disturbing videos circulating the Internet right now, depicting the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of trained, armed men. Many of these videos even show individuals being shot in the back, or as they try to flee.

These are videos of police officers in America killing unarmed black men like Oscar Grant and Eric Garner. And, as the most recent case shows, without these recordings, much of America might not have any idea exactly how much of a problem this is.

Citizen videos of law enforcement encounters are more valuable than ever. And for those who are wondering—it is legal to record the police.

The police don’t always seem aware of this. There have been incidents across the country of police telling people to stop filming, and sometimes seizing their camera or smartphone, or even arresting them, when they don’t comply.

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