FL Suspends Executions After “Botched” Injection...
Associated Press RON WORD December 15, 2006 04:58 PM
Gov.Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.
Dr. William Hamilton, who performed the autopsy, said the execution of Angel Nieves Diaz took 34 minutes -- twice as long as usual -- and required a rare second dose of lethal chemicals because the needles were inserted all the way through his veins and into the flesh in his arms. The lethal chemicals are supposed to go into the veins.
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U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled in San Jose that California's "implementation of lethal injection is broken." But, he said, "it can be fixed."
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Gov.Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.
Dr. William Hamilton, who performed the autopsy, said the execution of Angel Nieves Diaz took 34 minutes -- twice as long as usual -- and required a rare second dose of lethal chemicals because the needles were inserted all the way through his veins and into the flesh in his arms. The lethal chemicals are supposed to go into the veins.
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“Unconstitutional”...
Associated Press December 15, 2006 04:57 PM
A federal judge who imposed a moratorium on executions in California on Friday declared the state's method of lethal injection unconstitutional.
A federal judge who imposed a moratorium on executions in California on Friday declared the state's method of lethal injection unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled in San Jose that California's "implementation of lethal injection is broken." But, he said, "it can be fixed."
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