USA - Oklahoma. Michael Hooper asked a federal court to halt his upcoming execution because that state has only one dose of pentobarbital left

Michael Hooper asked a federal court to halt his upcoming execution because that state has only one dose of pentobarbital left. A lawyer for Michael Hooper said Oklahoma has no backup plan if the drug fails to render Hooper unconscious, and that creates a risk of cruel and unusual punishment. Hooper, 39, white, is scheduled for execution on Aug. 14 for the 1993 killings of his ex-girlfriend, 23-year-old Cynthia Lynn Jarman, and her two children, 5-year-old Tonya and 3-year-old Timmy.