Bucklew v. Precythe

RUSSELL BUCKLEW, PETITIONER v. ANNE L. PRECYTHE, DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Supreme Court of the United States, Gorsuch, April 1, 2019,
Death Penalty – The legal standards governing an as-applied Eighth Amendment challenge to a State’s method of carrying out a death sentence is the same as a facial challenge (an inmate cannot successfully challenge a
method of execution under the Eighth Amendment unless he identifies “an alternative that is ‘feasible, readily implemented, and in fact significantly reduces a substantial risk of severe pain.’” )