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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:alternativeMethodProposed
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nitrogen hypoxia
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:2019_in_United_States_case_law
Capital punishment in the United States Supreme Court cases
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gptkbp:citation
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587 U.S. ___ (2019)
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gptkbp:constitution
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gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:date
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April 1, 2019
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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17-8151
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gptkbp:heldBy
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The Eighth Amendment does not guarantee a prisoner a painless death.
A prisoner challenging a method of execution must show a feasible and readily implemented alternative.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bucklew v. Precythe
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gptkbp:involvedState
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gptkb:Missouri
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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gptkb:Eighth_Amendment
method of execution
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Brett_Kavanaugh
gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Neil_Gorsuch
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
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gptkbp:methodOfExecutionChallenged
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lethal injection
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gptkbp:numberOfIssues
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Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits execution by a method that will cause pain due to a rare medical condition
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gptkbp:originatingCourt
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gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eighth_Circuit
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gptkbp:petitioner
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Russell Bucklew
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gptkbp:precedentCited
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gptkb:Glossip_v._Gross
gptkb:Baze_v._Rees
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gptkbp:response
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Anne Precythe
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Glossip_v._Gross
gptkb:Baze_v._Rees
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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