The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Missouri death row inmate’s petition to be executed by firing squad rather than lethal injection, after he argued that lethal injection would cause him significant pain due to his medical condition.
The inmate, Ernest Lee Johnson, argued that lethal injection might trigger an epileptic seizure that would cause him severe pain. He had sought an alternative method of execution instead of receiving a deadly dose of pentobarbital, which can cause seizures, according to studies.
