The federal trial over the execution protocols in Oklahoma begins today. The trial is part of a lawsuit filed almost eight years ago that claims the state's lethal injection process is unconstitutional. The lawsuit alleges one of the drugs used in the execution cocktail causes pain and suffering that violates the inmates' eighth and fourteenth amendment rights. Executions restarted in Oklahoma last October after a six-year moratorium imposed after the lawsuit.
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