The case of showed that a three-drug lethal injection protocol violates the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause.

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Baze v. Rees was a Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection as a method of execution, but also established that it must be carried out in a way that does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. However, the case of Glossip v. Gross, which followed Baze v. Rees, found that the three-drug protocol used in Oklahoma was constitutional.

The Case of Showed That a Three-Drug Lethal Injection Protocol