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Post by nils on May 4, 2014 9:28:41 GMT -6
A brief history of botched executions. Source. The Guardian
The death of Clayton Lockett after a botched execution in Oklahoma on Tuesday night was not the first time something went wrong during a lethal injection. A look at recent and not-so-recent executions where things didn’t go as planned:
Dennis McGuire, 53 Executed: 16 January 2014 State: Ohio Drug protocol: A previously untested combination of two drugs – the sedative midazolam and painkiller hydromorphone – at concentrations that experts warned beforehand were so low the prisoner could endure cruel and unusual punishment. What happened: A priest who was an eyewitness to the execution described the procedure as “ghastly” and “inhumane”. McGuire took 26 minutes to die, during which time he gasped audibly for air as he struggled to breath. A leading expert on anaesthesiology had warned Ohio that its protocol was inadequate and would inflict exactly the suffering that then appeared to play out. After an internal review, Ohio said this week it had done nothing wrong, but would nevertheless be increasing its dosages in future executions.
Dennis McGuire, 53 Executed: 16 January 2014 State: Ohio Drug protocol: A previously untested combination of two drugs – the sedative midazolam and painkiller hydromorphone – at concentrations that experts warned beforehand were so low the prisoner could endure cruel and unusual punishment.
What happened: A priest who was an eyewitness to the execution described the procedure as “ghastly” and “inhumane”. McGuire took 26 minutes to die, during which time he gasped audibly for air as he struggled to breath. A leading expert on anaesthesiology had warned Ohio that its protocol was inadequate and would inflict exactly the suffering that then appeared to play out. After an internal review, Ohio said this week it had done nothing wrong, but would nevertheless be increasing its dosages in future executions.
Dennis McGuire in an undated photo from the Ohio department of rehabilitation and correction. Photograph: AP Michael Lee Wilson, 38
Executed: 9 January 2014
State: Oklahoma
Drug protocol: Three-drug lethal injection starting with pentobarbital. As supplies of pentobarbital were running out following the European boycott of use of medicines in executions, Oklahoma turned to a compounding pharmacy to make up the pentobarbital. Compounding pharmacies are poorly regulated, and Oklahoma has refused to give any details of the source of the supply under new secrecy rules.
What happened: Within 20 seconds of the execution, Wilson said from the gurney: “I feel my whole body burning”.
William Happ, 51
Executed: 15 October 2013
State: Florida
Drug protocol: Happ was the first prisoner to be put to death using midazolam hydrochloride, a fast-acting sedative that had never been used before in executions, and the same drug deployed as the first of three lethal injections in Oklahoma last night.
What happened: Happ’s eyes opened and he blinked repeated for a prolonged period, and he yawned and his jaw opened. After an official pronounced him unconscious his head began moving again.
Brandon Rhode, 31
Executed: 27 September 2010
State: Georgia
Drug protocol: Three-drug lethal injection starting with sodium thiopental which was the commonly-used old formula before sodium thiopental ran out in the wake of the European drug boycott of death penalty prisons.
What happened: It took about 30 minutes for officials to find a vein in which to inject the three drugs. Once that had been accomplished it took a further 14 minutes to kill him. Six days earlier, Rhode had tried to commit suicide by slashing his veins with a razor blade.
Romell Broom, 57
Execution: 15 September 2009
State: Ohio
Drug protocol: Triple injection starting with sodium thiopental
What happened: Officials tried for more than two hours to find a useable vein, stabbing Broom with needles at least 18 times and making him scream and cry. At one point, the prisoner, lying on the gurney, tried to help the officials locate a vein. Eventually, the execution was stopped. Broom remains alive, awaiting a new execution date on death row.
Christopher J Newton, 37
Execution: 24 May 2007
State: Ohio
Drug protocol: Triple injection
What happened: Newton, whose weight of about 265lbs allegedly contributed to difficulties, was allowed a bathroom break because it took the execution team over 30 minutes and 10 attempts with the needle to find a vein. At one point a prison official hung a sign before the viewing room glass that read "We have told the team to take their time. His size is creating a problem." It took about 16 minutes, reportedly twice the average, before Newton was declared dead, during which time witnesses reported convulsions.
Joseph Lewis Clark, 57
Execution: 2 May 2006
State: Ohio
Drug protocol: Triple injection
What happened: The execution team “struggled for 25 minutes to find usable veins” (Clark had a history of drug use). The execution, which should have taken about 10 minutes, lasted almost an hour and a half. Witnesses said that “Clark raised his head, shook it back and forth, and repeatedly declared, ‘It don’t work,’” and that his moans were audible through the glass of the viewing room.
Ángel Nieves Díaz, 55
Execution: 13 December 2006
State: Florida
Drug protocol: Lethal injection
What happened: Executioners “pushed [the needles] all the way through the blood vessels into surrounding soft tissue”, rather than into his veins, leaving him with chemical burns on both arms. According to the Associated Press, “witnesses reported Diaz was moving as long as 24 minutes after the first injection, including grimacing, blinking, licking his lips, blowing and attempting to mouth words.” The execution took about 34 minutes. The duration of three-drug lethal injections vary depending on state protocol and the drugs involved, but the AP reports that this method would typically take 15 minutes, with the inmate unconscious after 3-5 minutes.
Brian Steckel, 36
Execution: 4 November 2005
State: Delaware
Drug protocol: Triple injection
What happened: The machine meant to deliver the lethal drugs did not function correctly, forcing the execution team to switch to a backup device. They did not re-administer the sedative, however, leaving Steckel lucid throughout the 12 minutes it took for the drugs to take effect. He spoke throughout, and at one point looked to the warden and said, “I didn’t think it would take this long.”
Pedro Medina, 39
Execution: 25 March 1997
State: Florida
Method: Electric chair
What happened: Medina's head caught fire from inside its mask after officials delivered electricity to the chair. A witness testified that Medina kept breathing for several seconds, saw smoke and smelled burning.
Jesse Tafero, 43
Execution: 4 May 1990
State: Florida
Method: Electric chair
What happened: On the electric chair Tafero’s head “burst into flame”, which officials blamed on the synthetic, “water-filled sponge attached to his head [to] conduct electricity from the electrode.” Prison officials then decided that “only sea sponges could enter the death chamber.”
Jimmy Lee Gray, 34
Execution: 2 September 1983
State: Mississippi
Method: Gas chamber
What happened: During the 47 minutes of the execution, Gray “foamed at the mouth and [beat] his head violently against a metal pole just behind the chair.” Executioners drew the blind on the viewing chamber after a few minutes.
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Post by whitediamonds on May 4, 2014 10:05:35 GMT -6
Should I counter this with the millions of people murdered worldwide thru criminal acts?
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Post by nate on May 5, 2014 13:54:53 GMT -6
Interesting cases you show us.
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Post by ltdc on May 5, 2014 16:07:30 GMT -6
Interesting cases you show us. I noticed that no firing squad executions were considered "botched" in the last 37 years. maybe we're missing the blindingly obvious.
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Post by Stormyweather on May 5, 2014 16:13:12 GMT -6
Should I counter this with the millions of people murdered worldwide thru criminal acts? Have you wondered why their crimes aren't mentioned as well?
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Post by starbux on May 9, 2014 18:49:32 GMT -6
Clayton Lockett: Bound his victim with tape, took her to a dirt road beat her. Tried to kill her in one attempt, but the gun jammed. He had an opportunity to leave but fixed the gun and shot her. Dennis McGurie: After Rapingthe 8 month pregnant victim He choked her. "Then he stabbed her with the knife he used to forcibly rape her. His first thrust “caused no significant injury,” according to the autopsy report. His second blow inflicted a 4½-inch cut in her throat and severed her carotid artery and jugular vein. He wiped blood off his hands on her right arm and dumped her in a wooded area where she was found the next day by hikers." Its not the states fault he became an over bloated fat a$$. William Happ: "The medical examiner testified that the woman’s face and skull were badly bruised and hemorrhaged, had multiple scrapes on her back and right heel, had suffered ten to twenty hard blows to the head, had been anally raped before death, and was strangled to death." Romell Broom: Broom had previously served time for raping a 12-year-old girl,. The murder victim a 14-year-old girl was raped and murdered by Romell Broom. He grabbed her while she walked home with friends from a Shaw High School football game in September of 1984. Brandon Rhode: "Rhode and his co-perpetrator, Daniel Lucas, burglarized the home of Steven and Gerri Ann Moss on April 23, 1998, fled the scene when Rhode discovered an alarm system, and returned later that day to burglarize the home again. While Rhode and Lucas were ransacking the home searching for valuables, 11- year-old Bryan Moss arrived, observed Rhode and Lucas through a front window, and entered through a back door, armed with a baseball bat. Rhode and Lucas subdued Bryan at gunpoint, sat him in a chair, and began discussing what to do with him. Lucas turned and fired at the boy, inflicting a non-fatal shoulder wound. As [Bryan’s sister] Kristin Moss was approaching the house, Lucas took Bryan into a back bedroom. Rhode met Kristin as she arrived, sat her in a chair, and shot her twice with a .357 caliber pistol. Lucas repeatedly shot Bryan with a .25 caliber pistol. Rhode later shot Steven Moss with the .357 caliber pistol when Steven arrived. Finally, Lucas obtained a .22 caliber pistol from Rhode’s automobile and shot Bryan and Kristin again." Boo Hoo lets feal sorry for this one Christopher Newton: Christopher Newton received the death penalty for the 2001 aggravated murder of his cellmate, Jason Brewer. No sympathy for the cellmate but it does show that this guy obviously would kill even in prison. Joseph Lewis Clark: "When Clark entered a Toledo gas station at approximately 9:00 p.m. on January 13, 1984, he had his .32 caliber revolver drawn. He demanded money and the attendant, David A. Manning, handed him the money out of the cash register. After receiving the money, Clark claimed that this was not all of the money Manning had. Manning then proceeded to give him an envelope and it was at this point that Clark shot him. Sixty dollars was stolen by Clark in the hold-up." So he kills his victim for a paultry 60 dollars. His victim was a gas station attendant, not making much money to probably live a meager life. At least he was working and out commiting crimes himself to be snuffed by this guy for 60 dollars. So all these POS's yo mentioned did not give two shts about their victim. Did they care about the suffering?
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Post by whitediamonds on May 9, 2014 19:02:21 GMT -6
Like savage wild animals do, only animals do it to survive & protect.
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Post by nate on Jul 16, 2014 9:54:59 GMT -6
Horrible.
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Post by whitediamonds on Jul 16, 2014 10:12:47 GMT -6
It is horrible when matching the long list of victims, dead that they did not botch when they murdererd & tortured a "victim" ..
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