“The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide a case on the constitutionality of the new lethal injection drug combinations that some states are using for executions.

The court agreed to hear a challenge to Oklahoma’s choice of drugs even though on Jan. 15 the court declined to stay an execution there, using the same contested drugs.

…The case the court agreed to hear on Friday, Glossip v. Gross, No. 14-7955, involves three inmates who said the state’s three-chemical protocol violated the Eighth Amendment because it posed a significant risk of terrible suffering.”

NYTimes.com, Justices to Hear Case on Execution Drugs