The Florida Supreme Court has rejected the Eighth Amendment challenge to the revised Florida lethal injection protocol. The opinion is "per curiam," meaning it is the opinion of the court as a whole with no designated author. Six of the seven justices joined the opinion. The seventh concurred in the result without a written opinion. The revised protocol provides for medically trained personnel to perform the needle insertion and for confirmation that the first drug has rendered the inmate unconscious before proceeding with the second and third.