Henness v. DeWine

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592 U. S. ____

(2020) 1 Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES WARREN K. HENNESS v. MIKE DEWINE, ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 20–5243. Decided October 5, 2020 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial of certiorari. The State of Ohio plans to execute petitioner using a three-drug protocol of midazolam, a paralytic agent, and po- tassium chloride. Petitioner challenges this method of exe- cution as unconstitutional, partly on the…