Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says his office will defend the constitutionality of the state's method for executing death row inmates as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a challenge by three death row inmates.
Pruitt says Oklahoma's method has been deemed constitutional by two federal courts and has been successfully implemented in the state as well as in Florida.
Pruitt says his office will work to preserve the Department of Corrections' ability to proceed with death sentences given to each inmate by a jury of their peers.
Death row inmate Richard Eugene Glossip is scheduled to die on Thursday. Pruitt says there is no pending request for a stay.
The nation's high court announced Friday it will hear arguments by inmates who are challenging the state's method for conducting executions.
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