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It determines how courts review scientific evidence in death penalty cases."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 38-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 38-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 18-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 18-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 57, lines 44-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 57, lines 44-8"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 40-50","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 40-50"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 8-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 8-16"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 26-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 26-32"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 52-12","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 52-12"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 6-6","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 6-6"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 16-22","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 16-22"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 26-36","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 26-36"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 10-18","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 10-18"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 20-24","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 20-24"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 59, lines 32-34","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 59, lines 32-34"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 12-18","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 12-18"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 22-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 22-26"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 46-4","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 46-4"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 16-20","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 16-20"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 24-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 24-32"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 38-46","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 38-46"}]}],"slug":"2014-14-7955-glossip-v-gross","term":"2014","title":"Does Oklahoma's three-drug execution protocol violate the Eighth Amendment?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 38-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 38-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 18-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 18-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 57, lines 44-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2014/14-7955_1823.pdf","page_label":"file page 57, lines 44-8"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}