WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld the use of a controversial sedative in executions by lethal injection, saying it does not violate the Constitution.

In a 5-4 ruling, its five conservative-leaning justices said that the plaintiffs -- death row inmates in Oklahoma -- failed to show that midazolam constituted a "substantial risk of severe pain."

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