But similar moves to delay three other executions last month failed, with the high court ruling 5-to-4 allow them to proceed. After raping Butler, Nelson strangled her with a wire, then dumped her body in a wooded area near a Missouri church. Butler's mother, Cherri West, hoped Nelson's execution would bring her some peace after living for decades with the torment of her daughter's final hours. They have also cited Supreme Court ruling precedent that an execution method isn't necessarily cruel and unusual just because it causes some pain. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThree federal executions in the early 2000s deployed a cocktail of three drugs: sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride.

Source: Fox News August 28, 2020 13:30 UTC