Amazing how often they seem to stuff this up. There must be a better system than this if you really want to execute prisoners.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-takes-nearly-two-hours-to-kill-prisoner.html
A double murderer took nearly two hours to die in Arizona after a botched execution.
Joseph Wood, 55, was put to death after being injected with a cocktail of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a pain killer.
He had been sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of his girlfriend and her father.
Lawyers acting on behalf of Wood tried to halt the execution an hour after it began, because the inmate was "gasping and snorting".
But the execution, which began at 1.52 pm after a prolonged legal battle continued with Wood being pronounced dead at 3.49 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-takes-nearly-two-hours-to-kill-prisoner.html
A double murderer took nearly two hours to die in Arizona after a botched execution.
Joseph Wood, 55, was put to death after being injected with a cocktail of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a pain killer.
He had been sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of his girlfriend and her father.
Lawyers acting on behalf of Wood tried to halt the execution an hour after it began, because the inmate was "gasping and snorting".
But the execution, which began at 1.52 pm after a prolonged legal battle continued with Wood being pronounced dead at 3.49 pm