An inmate's execution with lethal drugs in Arizona today took almost two hours as the man gasped and snorted, prompting his lawyers to request an emergency halt to the procedure."The execution of Joseph Wood commenced at 1:57 p.m. at the Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC)-Florence and he was pronounced dead at 3:49 p.m.," Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne said in a statement.
Wood's attorneys filed a motion for emergency stay of the execution after Wood was reported “gasping and snorting for more than an hour,” according to court documents they filed.
"The experiment using midazolam combined with hydromorphone to carry out an execution failed today in Arizona. It took Joseph Wood two hours to die, and he gasped and struggled to breath for about an hour and forty minutes," said Dale Baich, one of Joseph Wood’s attorneys. "We will renew our efforts to get information about the manufacturer of drugs as well as how Arizona came up with the experimental formula of drugs it used today. Arizona appears to have joined several other states who have been responsible for an entirely preventable horror -- a bungled execution.”
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Another botched execution. 2 hours to die. That is cruel and unusual. The death penalty needs to go. [/FONT][/COLOR]
More humane, cheaper, and foolproof..308 round to the head.
It's a little messy but it's effective and cheap.
Another botched execution. 2 hours to die. That is cruel and unusual. The death penalty needs to go. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Read more @: Arizona Inmate Joseph Wood Dies 2 Hours After Execution in Arizona - ABC News
Another botched execution. 2 hours to die. That is cruel and unusual. The death penalty needs to go. [/FONT][/COLOR]
.308 round to the head.
It's a little messy but it's effective and cheap.
.308 round to the head.
It's a little messy but it's effective and cheap.
It's unlikely that he suffered because these drugs were powerful enough to render him insensible. They were just not likely to completely suppress his respirations.
Nevertheless, I agree that the death penalty should be abolished. Government officials make too many stupid mistakes to have authority over life and death.
Reportedly he was conscious: "he was apparently left conscious long after the drugs were administered."
.308 round to the head.
It's a little messy but it's effective and cheap.
Double tap of a .22 would cheaper and less mess.
Ropes are inexpensive and reusable.
Interestingly enough they outlawed hangings in AZ a bunch of years ago after we popped the head off of someone about 80 years ago.
Read more @: Arizona Inmate Joseph Wood Dies 2 Hours After Execution in Arizona - ABC News
Another botched execution. 2 hours to die. That is cruel and unusual. The death penalty needs to go. [/FONT][/COLOR]
But, the guy died, right?
It's unlikely that he suffered because these drugs were powerful enough to render him insensible. They were just not likely to completely suppress his respirations.
Nevertheless, I agree that the death penalty should be abolished. Government officials make too many stupid mistakes to have authority over life and death.
More humane, cheaper, and foolproof.
Read more @: Arizona Inmate Joseph Wood Dies 2 Hours After Execution in Arizona - ABC News
Another botched execution. 2 hours to die. That is cruel and unusual. The death penalty needs to go. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Another botched execution. 2 hours to die. That is cruel and unusual. The death penalty needs to go.
Read more @: Arizona Inmate Joseph Wood Dies 2 Hours After Execution in Arizona - ABC News
Another botched execution. 2 hours to die. That is cruel and unusual. The death penalty needs to go. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Wood and his 29-year-old ex-girlfriend, Debbie Dietz, had been involved in a turbulent relationship for five years, which had been marred by numerous breakups and several domestic violent incidents.
Debbie was working at a local body shop owned by her family. On August 7, 1989, Wood walked into the shop and shot Gene Dietz, age 55, in the chest with a .38 caliber revolver, killing him. Gene Dietz's 70-year-old brother was present and tried to stop Wood, but Wood pushed him away and proceeded into another section of the body shop.
Wood went up to Debbie, placed her in some type of hold and shot her once in the abdomen and once in the chest, killing her. Wood then fled the building.
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