Slow Death

Slow Death

(CNN) -- Joseph Wood snorted and struggled to breathe during his nearly two-hour lethal injection Wednesday, his attorney said.

"It took Joseph Wood two hours to die, and he gasped and struggled to breathe for about an hour and 40 minutes. 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," attorney Dale Baich said in a statement.

He added: "Arizona appears to have joined several other states who have been responsible for an entirely preventable horror -- a bungled execution."

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had directed the Department of Corrections to review the process, saying she is concerned by the length of time it took to carry out the lethal injection.

A federal judge ordered local officials to preserve all physical evidence in Wood's execution.

"One thing is certain, however, inmate Wood died in a lawful manner and by eyewitness and medical accounts he did not suffer. This is in stark comparison to the gruesome, vicious suffering that he inflicted on his two victims -- and the lifetime of suffering he has caused their family," Brewer said.

Arizona's corrections department said in a statement that it followed protocol in Wood's execution, re-affirming his "deep sedation" seven times before he was pronounced dead.

Aside from snoring, he did not make grimaces or otherwise move, the corrections department said.

Wood was convicted of murder and assault in the 1989 deaths of his estranged girlfriend and her father.

"I don't believe he was gasping for air; I don't believe he was suffering. It sounded to me like was snoring," said Jeanne Brown, a relative of Wood's victims.

"You don't know what excruciating is. What's excruciating is seeing your dad laying there in a pool of blood, seeing you sister laying there in a pool of blood. This man deserved it. And I shouldn't really call him a man," she said.

The execution procedure began at 1:52 p.m. (4:52 p.m. ET) and concluded, with Wood's being pronounced dead, at 3:49 p.m. (6:49 p.m. ET).

Troy Hayden, a media witness from KSAZ, told reporters the execution was difficult to watch. He likened Wood's breathing to a "fish gulping for air."

"It was tough for everybody in that room," he said.

Michael Kiefer, a reporter for The Arizona Republic, has witnessed five executions, including Wood's.

"Usually it takes about 10 minutes, the person goes to sleep. This was not t

"Usually it takes about 10 minutes, the person goes to sleep. This was not that," he told reporters afterward. "It started off looking as if it was going alright but then obviously something didn't go right. It took two hours."

Kiefer described the sound Wood made as a "deep, snoring, sucking air sound."

Wood's attorneys had filed an emergency motion for a stay after his execution began, saying then that Wood had been "gasping and snorting for more than an hour."

The motion read: "He is still alive. This execution has violated Mr. Wood's Eighth Amendment right to be executed in the absence of cruel and unusual punishment. We respectfully request that this Court stop the execution and require that the Department of Corrections use the lifesaving provisions required in its protocol."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/23/justice/arizona-execution-controversy/index.html

How he ended two lives in front of co-workers:

He was convicted in the 1989 shooting deaths of Debbie Dietz, 29, and Gene Dietz, 55, at their auto repair shop in Tucson.

Wood and Debbie Dietz had a tumultuous relationship during which he repeatedly assaulted her. She tried to end their relationship and got an order of protection against Wood.

On the day of the shooting, Wood went to the auto shop and waited for Gene Dietz, who disapproved of his daughter's relationship with Wood, to get off the phone. Once the father hung up, Wood pulled out a revolver, shot him in the chest and then smiled.

Wood then turned his attention toward Debbie Dietz, who was trying to telephone for help. Wood grabbed her by the neck and put his gun to her chest. She pleaded with him to spare her life. An employee heard Wood say, "I told you I was going to do it. I have to kill you." He then called her an expletive and fired two shots in her chest.

http://www.lex18.com/news/arizona-inmate-dies-2-hours-after-execution-began

Justified? Your thoughts?

Couple of other pieces I read.

When the co-workers heard the first shot they ran in, he pointed the gun at them and they ran back out.

After shooting his girlfriend and her father, he ran out cops got there at the same time. Told him to drop his gun, he did, then he picked it back up and pointed it at the cops, they shot him several times, but survived after a quite extensive surgery.

No sympathy from me......

This is so sad on both sides, I don't know what to think. Gasping for air must have be horrible. Nobody deserves to die like that, murderer or not. Shame, man 😢

Posted by WaterCup
This is so sad on both sides, I don't know what to think. Gasping for air must have be horrible. Nobody deserves to die like that, murderer or not. Shame, man 😢

Lots of people deserve to die in much worse fashion.

JMO, of course.

I know from personal experience that to struggle to breathe, in snorting and gasping ... is extremely painful and distressful.

so, the part where it was said that he didn't suffer is false ... that is, if he was conscious.


In contrast, the two people he killed ... died fast.


As for my opinion - I do believe it is wrong that he had to suffer, even with what he did .. still, if we are to believe we are compassionate and sane people, then under no circumstances should be become the very person we hate of them.

To put a person to death, for the sake of dying is wrong, wrong my perspective ... I think they should be organ donors, and help others to live. And that would be the ultimate punishment for a murderer, wouldn't it?


Them having to die with the knowledge that they will be preserving life, helping life.

To just die for the sake of dying means nothing of importance to a murderer, so to just kill them is probably a good thing for their emotional well being.

to kill because one killed isn't punishment.

What he did was terrible but he obviously had some sort of mental or personality disorder that made him to lack sympathy. But as healthy human being, it's hard not to feel sorry, even if he was a monster undeserving of pity. Very horrible way to die. I can imagine the sounds. My God.

Posted by CapTenn

Posted by WaterCup
This is so sad on both sides, I don't know what to think. Gasping for air must have be horrible. Nobody deserves to die like that, murderer or not. Shame, man 😢

Lots of people deserve to die in much worse fashion.

JMO, of course.

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That's sick. WHY?

Here is (after much research) the actual court findings/fact. Pretty interesting how this guy worked the system and challenged it. Not to mention detailed history of his abuse toward the victim prior to killing her.

http://www.leagle.com/decision/1994233180Ariz53_1222.xml/STATE% 20v.% 20WOOD">STATE v. WOOD

I kinda have mixed feelings about this subject. I do understand that killing a criminal/murderer doesn't warrant the justification of the pain,torment and inhumane treatment they inflict upon on their victims, but in some horrendous cases, I think the end justifies the mean. I don't know if any of you remember the 2005 case here in the United States/Florida regarding 9 year old Jessica Lunsford. She was the beautiful baby (little girl)who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a convicted repeat offender child molester. Not only did he do horrible things too her, but he buried her alive. When they finally found her body and completed the autopsy, they knew she was alive because dirt was found in her nostrils which mean she was breathing and gasping for air when this monster threw her in a dirt grave. The slimy scumbag son of a bytch has since passed away in prison, but the way I see it, he should have suffered the same fate as his victim with one exception. He shouldn't be allowed to die right away. I think a person like that should be made to suffer and linger on for days so they can get the full effect of what their victim went through.
No parent should ever have to experience this kind of pain.

My opinion, I really could care less about the guy. He could've stayed and rotted in prison. He was kept from society. I also believe survivors of victims/immediate family should be able to make the decision after all facts are brought to trial and the defendent is found guilty as to whether or not an eye for eye should be the proper punishment.


On a side note, this IS the second time this botched execution happened in this state. Why is this new drug being introduced for execution when other executions and the drug they've always used has gone forward without incident?

Posted by CapTenn

Lots of people deserve to die in much worse fashion.

Really?

Why is that?

People seem to attach a lot more feelings than they should to revenge. People are quick to say things like you did, but, very slow to go out of their way to help others.

I remember a long time ago when people (a particular church's members) were protesting outside of an abortion clinic ... being evil as hell to every person walking in or out. As if their personal feelings justified their actions. Anyway, a person turned to them and told them that she would join their cause if every one of them adopted an unwanted child.


They all turned away, to ignore that .... and continued to taunt other people who entered or exited the clinic.


They weren't interested in helping .... just punishing. And that seems to be the way of most people, even those who believe of themselves to be good people.


Why would any person believe others are deserving to die? For you to make that comment is not any different from the man who killed these two people .... because certainly, his mindset was the same in that he thought they deserved to die.

Posted by LIb4Life
No parent should ever have to experience this kind of pain.

Agreed!!

What kills me are the parents who kill their own kids. For me, that's a whole other story...

Yesterday was the third time a woman who didn't want the hassle of bringing their baby into the stores to shop left the baby in the car in 90 degree heat. All three of the babies were rescued by good samaritans. All three within two weeks of each other. I say take the babies from the mother's for good, and sterilize these bitches.

Harsh? Sit in a car with the outside temps @ 85-90 degrees for 30 minutes and get back to me.

Posted by LIb4Life

I think a person like that should be made to suffer and linger on for days so they can get the full effect of what their victim went through.

No parent should ever have to experience this kind of pain.

Those two statements are in contradiction.



The reality that people refuse to face is that if they have strong feelings ... they justify everything they do, so that no guilt is associated. And that includes making people suffer.

People don't like that reality, but, it's true.

I was reading just yesterday how people are still projecting hatred for Anthony ... three years later, and they are still holding onto how much they hate her. And they really have no clue that it's them who are holding on to the bad feelings that they don't like.

...with the windows cracked.

Posted by aquavita

also this is part of experimenting with some new stuff and it is not the first one gone wrong.

Yep..what was wrong with the old stuff that worked? Has me going hmmmm..

*CORRECTION...so far have found two others beside the two in AZ.

Ohio..and Oklahoma.

There's no way anyone here can measure whether he was justified in killing them, according to how he felt, and what he experienced.

so far, two people, who probably consider themselves to be sane, has stated that they wish harm on other people, and even death.

For alls we know .... those two people might have emotionally tortured him, and he felt justified in killing them. Or, if he was mentally ill. How do you justify in believing a mentally ill person is responsible for their actions?

I suppose that the new drug has to be tested on a person.

If not a person, then an animal.

How do we know if drugs work without being tested?

Now this is interesting..(sorry..I'm researching as I go here..)

Death Row Inmates Sue Florida Over Experimental Execution Drug

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/30/florida-execution-drug_n_4175441.html

MIAMI, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Seven Florida death row inmates on Tuesday sued the state, saying a new three-step lethal injection procedure could inflict "cruel and unusual punishment" and called on a court to halt executions until the procedure is reviewed.

Florida is the latest of several states facing a shortage of pentobarbital, a barbiturate that has long been the first of three drugs administered in executions. Supplies of pentobarbital have fallen because its manufacturer has clamped down on sales of the drug for executions, prison officials said.


Florida recently adopted a new lethal injection protocol that uses the sedative midazolam in a drug cocktail designed to induce unconsciousness, paralysis and death by cardiac arrest.

The lawsuit claims that midazolam, commercially known as Versed, is a drug primarily used in the treatment of anxiety, and is not an anesthetic. Its use in lethal injections is experimental.

Under the cocktail of drugs, lawyers for the inmates allege, prisoners remain aware of their surroundings but are unable to speak or move, and they endure extreme pain.

While several states have shifted toward a safer one-drug procedure, the Florida Department of Corrections "has clung to an out-of-date, error-prone, three-drug protocol," according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville.

"Furthermore, Florida has compounded the risk of inflicting unnecessary pain and suffering -- and violating the constitution -- by adding a new, experimental execution drug to the mix," the lawsuit said.

Earlier this month, Florida prison officials carried out the first execution in the United States using midazolam as one of three drugs in a lethal injection.

The drug was used in the Oct. 15 execution of convicted murderer William Happ. Citing eyewitness accounts of the execution, the inmates' lawyers said Happ appeared to remain conscious for a longer time and made more body movements than prisoners executed under a previous formula.

Misty Cash, a Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman, said after the execution that Happ did not appear to show any signs of suffering or any unusual reaction.

The lawsuit seeks to stop any executions until the courts thoroughly review the three-drug formula and determine whether it abides by state and federal constitutions.

On Monday, state officials in Ohio said they would administer a combination of two drugs, midazolam and hydromorphone, during an execution scheduled to be carried out next month.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's database of drugs, midazolam injections are marketed by a number of companies including Fresenius Kabi USA, a unit of German drugmaker Fresenius Kabi AG, and hydromorphone and midazolam are both marketed by Hospira Inc and Akorn.

Fresenius Kabi suspended shipments of another drug, propofol, to a U.S. distributor earlier this year after the German company learned that some of it had been sold to the state of Missouri for executions. Missouri eventually returned the drug.

Four of the seven Florida inmates have a hearing scheduled in Jacksonville federal court on Nov. 6, contending the use of midazolam might violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment" by allowing inmates to suffer in their final minutes.

A waste of perfectly good drugs, IMO. Would have been cheaper and quicker to just shoot him in the fucking head.

Posted by P-Angel

Posted by CapTenn

Lots of people deserve to die in much worse fashion.

Really?

Why is that?

People seem to attach a lot more feelings than they should to revenge. People are quick to say things like you did, but, very slow to go out of their way to help others.

I remember a long time ago when people (a particular church's members) were protesting outside of an abortion clinic ... being evil as hell to every person walking in or out. As if their personal feelings justified their actions. Anyway, a person turned to them and told them that she would join their cause if every one of them adopted an unwanted child.


They all turned away, to ignore that .... and continued to taunt other people who entered or exited the clinic.


They weren't interested in helping .... just punishing. And that seems to be the way of most people, even those who believe of themselves to be good people.


Why would any person believe others are deserving to die? For you to make that comment is not any different from the man who killed these two people .... because certainly, his mindset was the same in that he thought they deserved to die.

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P - The high road is a new face that I've never seen from you.

Anyway, I'm not sure why you are attempting to defend an abusive asshole that went to a family business and killed his ex-GF and her father in cold blood but -- no matter.

Much like rabid dogs are necessarily put down, I believe rabid people should also be put down. 1st degree double homicide is a very justifiable reason, and a good enough one for me.

If you are anti death penalty, fine by me. I happen to fall on the other side of that fence, however.

hmmm...


"Florida is the latest of several states facing a shortage of pentobarbital, a barbiturate that has long been the first of three drugs administered in executions. Supplies of pentobarbital have fallen because its manufacturer has clamped down on sales of the drug for executions, prison officials said."

Clamped down on sales and sit back to watch botched executions? Or are they anti-death penalty, or are they enjoying the botched executions, or.........?

I can't wrap around my mind how a person finds satisfaction in physical revenge.

Like that 9 year old that was mentioned who was tortured, raped and buried alive .... how would the murderer being tortured please the parents or any person?

The volume of people who believe themselves to be good, who are actually not good at all .... is staggering.

Posted by Wynter
A waste of perfectly good drugs, IMO. Would have been cheaper and quicker to just shoot him in the fucking head.

I would agree with that, if I were to just want to believe that death is appropriate ... but, I don't believe that JUST death is appropriate.

I believe that a punishment is in order. And a punishment to a person who doesn't respect life is to force them to give life.

So.....all of the multibillion dollar pharmaceutical companies who make a drug for just about anything are sitting back and not jumping in on some profit here? Shortage? I can't get past that.

There's a reason for everything. I wonder what Obama thinks? Not that I care, but it would be interesting to see what he thinks after this recent botched execution.

Posted by CapTenn

P - The high road is a new face that I've never seen from you.

The fact that you don't pay attention isn't my problem.

The people who do know my motives ... see this face all the time.


Looks like you have a comprehension problem and are attempting to make it my responsibility in appeasing you. Not happening.

I'm not responsible for your inability to get over yourself.

Posted by P-Angel

Posted by CapTenn

P - The high road is a new face that I've never seen from you.

The fact that you don't pay attention isn't my problem.

The people who do know my motives ... see this face all the time.


Looks like you have a comprehension problem and are attempting to make it my responsibility in appeasing you. Not happening.

I'm not responsible for your inability to get over yourself.

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Ummm, yeah, I guess? Maybe? Huh?

Anyway - there's the asshole we all know and love!

Glad I could bring you back from you momentary slumber. 😉

Posted by CapTenn

If you are anti death penalty .....

That's not what I said. In fact, I stated my belief quite clear.

You misunderstood what I said, and your panties got wadded up your ass, which then made you make that comment in a defensive posture.

I won't suffer stupid people ... you're dismissed.

It just doesn't make sense. (and I'll look into this more when I have time for my own sake)

... we have these never ending commercials on tv by pharmaceutical companies with their two minute disclaimers of every drug for any symptom one might have, and the oldest drug and easiest drug to use (and in a rare number of state executions) has a shortage??

"facing a shortage of pentobarbital"

It doesn't make sense.

Anyway..I left off with this for now:

Capital punishment[edit]

Pentobarbital has been used or considered as a substitute for other drugs traditionally used in the United States for execution when they are in short supply.[13] Such use however is illegal under Danish law, and when this was discovered, the owner of the drug, Lundbeck, stopped selling it to states that practice death penalty after public outcry in Danish media. US distributors of the drug are forbidden by the owner to sell it to any customers, such as several state authorities, that practice or participate in executions of humans.[14]

Texas began using pentobarbital for executing death row inmates by lethal injection on July 18, 2012.[15] The use of pentobarbital has been considered by several states, including Ohio, Arizona, Idaho and Washington; those states made the decision to switch following shortages of the pancuronium bromide, a muscle relaxant previously used as one component in a three-drug cocktail.[16][unreliable source?][dubious — discuss]

In October 2013, Missouri changed its protocols to allow for a compounded pentobarbital to be used in a lethal dose for executions.[17] On November 20, 2013, Joseph Paul Franklin was executed by the state of Missouri.[18] He was the first inmate executed in three years in the state and the first to die by a single dose of pentobarbital.[19]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital

Posted by P-Angel

Posted by CapTenn

If you are anti death penalty .....

That's not what I said. In fact, I stated my belief quite clear.

You misunderstood what I said, and your panties got wadded up your ass, which then made you make that comment in a defensive posture.

I won't suffer stupid people ... you're dismissed.

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Muuuaaahhhhh! 😉

Posted by P-Angel

I can't wrap around my mind how a person finds satisfaction in physical revenge.

Like that 9 year old that was mentioned who was tortured, raped and buried alive .... how would the murderer being tortured please the parents or any person?

The volume of people who believe themselves to be good, who are actually not good at all .... is staggering.

And the volume of people who feel the direct opposite of me is staggering as well, UNTIL, it personally happens to them, or their child(ren) or someone they love and cherish. I never said it would please the parents, but if I was a parent, I would dang sure find JUST A little comfort in knowing his pain was pretty close to the pain my child or any victim must have felt, BUT those are just my thoughts. AND, there was nothing contradictory in my statement. That's why in the beginning of my post, I said "I HAVE MISSED EMOTIONS" on this subject, and trust me, I don't claim to be GOOD because I don't know how I re-act in a situation like that, but I do know that I would act, and I anticipate it won't be rational by some folks standards. We all have a difference of opinion, so we just agree to disagree.

Posted by LIb4Life

Posted by P-Angel

I can't wrap around my mind how a person finds satisfaction in physical revenge.

Like that 9 year old that was mentioned who was tortured, raped and buried alive .... how would the murderer being tortured please the parents or any person?

The volume of people who believe themselves to be good, who are actually not good at all .... is staggering.

And the volume of people who feel the direct opposite of me is staggering as well, UNTIL, it personally happens to them, or their child(ren) or someone they love and cherish. I never said it would please the parents, but if I was a parent, I would dang sure find JUST A little comfort in knowing his pain was pretty close to the pain my child or any victim must have felt, BUT those are just my thoughts. AND, there was nothing contradictory in my statement. That's why in the beginning of my post, I said "I HAVE MISSED EMOTIONS" on this subject, and trust me, I don't claim to be GOOD because I don't know how I re-act in a situation like that, but I do know that I would act, and I anticipate it won't be rational by some folks standards. We all have a difference of opinion, so we just agree to disagree.

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I didn't quote you here, therefore I wasn't talking to you ... but, I do see how you took what I said personally, as if I was talking to you.

Interesting ... usually, only a person associating guilt will do that.

Posted by P-Angel

Posted by LIb4Life

I think a person like that should be made to suffer and linger on for days so they can get the full effect of what their victim went through.

No parent should ever have to experience this kind of pain.

Those two statements are in contradiction.



The reality that people refuse to face is that if they have strong feelings ... they justify everything they do, so that no guilt is associated. And that includes making people suffer.

People don't like that reality, but, it's true.

I was reading just yesterday how people are still projecting hatred for Anthony ... three years later, and they are still holding onto how much they hate her. And they really have no clue that it's them who are holding on to the bad feelings that they don't like.

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Here, is where I quoted you.

A parent loves and believes their child unconditionally. Certainly, this man's parent believed him in whatever he said was his justification ... so in killing him and in making him suffer in doing so, causes the same kind of pain that you said no parent should suffer ..... just after you said that a person's suffering should linger.

Obviously, you can't own your own words.

What's up with people? They will even justify their hypocrisy and claim not to have what they just said.

and then find it to be an outrage that others do it?


really?


this guy felt justified in killing them, for whatever reason ... and that is why he did it.

and guess what, Ms. Libra? ... he has a parent !!!!

If you can't own what you say .... then you're meaningless.

Posted by LadyOfRebirth

I am still torn about serial killers though, only because they form a much bigger threat to society than a one time murderer.

What I find really interesting about that ^ is that most serial killers can probably be identified in childhood .... that is, if a parent would look at their child for who he is, rather than who the parent wants the child to be.

An example: most serial killers torture animals when they are children. And parents turn a blind eye to that because they simply cannot bare the reality of these implications.

Posted by Rabbit
LOL

Death Penalty = Not Okay

Killing an unborn baby = Okay


SMH

Liberals

Was wondering how long it would be before someone would point this out.
It's the truth...so thank you.

Like I said...the schmuck was taken out of society. Could care less what happens after that.
That would be the schmuck's problem imo.

Posted by LetltB
Like I said...the schmuck was taken out of society. Could care less what happens after that.
That would be the schmuck's problem imo.

I agree that he should be taken out of society .... but, I am unaware of what his mental state was, so, I wouldn't be able to deem his character's worth.

I believe that an ill person isn't responsible for their actions.

I provided a link earlier on the legal findings which include his mental state by doctors a couple of pages back.

And that goes for all people.


Certainly, people knew that Dahmer, or Manson, or Anthony (to name a few) weren't right in the head. Why didn't someone step up?

That is the part that really bothers me. People ignore what they see, to only become outraged after this person actually hurts another.

I'd be willing to wager that every dog owner who left it in the hot car to die .... that a neighbor, friend or family member noticed at some point that this dog owner wasnt' treating it right.

An abusive person doesn't just wake up one day a flaming asshole and go on a rampage.

People ignore it because they don't want to be judgy ..... in my eyes, they are just as responsible.

Whoever knew this guy was mentally ill (and he would have to be), and did nothing .... should have also been in prison.

I'd be willing to wager that everytime something like this happens (or any horrendous crime), if every person within a close relation had charges brought up on them, as an accessory ... then a lot of this would stop, because then people would stop ignoring the truths.

I love being an independent thinking individual.

It's like living on a planet in which I own a shit ton of it's real estate that's NOT for sale. 😉

Posted by Rabbit
LOL

Death Penalty = Not Okay

Killing an unborn baby = Okay


SMH

Liberals

From where I observed, only one person had the kind of liberal view you are insinuating ... but, I see in your cowardice, you didn't quote that person and instead made a blanket statement as if the majority of people talking in here believed it.

Here, is where I quoted you.

A parent loves and believes their child unconditionally. Certainly, this man's parent believed him in whatever he said was his justification ... so in killing him and in making him suffer in doing so, causes the same kind of pain that you said no parent should suffer ..... just after you said that a person's suffering should linger.Obviously, you can't own your own words.What's up with people? They will even justify their hypocrisy and claim not to have what they just said.and then find it to be an outrage that others do it? really?this guy felt justified in killing them, for whatever reason ... and that is why he did it.
and guess what, Ms. Libra? ... he has a parent !!!!
If you can't own what you say .... then you're meaningless.


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I have no problem owning my words..I said what I meant, and I meant what I said!
I could care less about about a MONSTER that would inflict this kinda torture on another human being, and I'm sure his parents would feel the same as me or any other parent that looses a child to tragedy, but every action has a re-action and this was the CHOICE he made to become a pedifile and murderer. In MY OPINION, certain crimes fit certain punishments, and NO, I don't agree that every criminal should be subject to a public style execution, but in this case, anyone who commits a crime as heinous as this, deserves a torturous death DAMNIT! so guess what, Ms. P-Angel, he could never get any sympathy from me! And apparently, you still missed my opening comment on this post "I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT". BUT since you're so busy throwing around insults that you can't agree to disagree means you are as meaningless as you labeled me...Not to to mention IMMATURE! You have your opinion, and I have mine and because we don't agree means just that! WE DON'T AGREE!!! We can go on and on about this subject or any other subject for that matter on this site, but you're going to always have people who agree and the one's that don't agree. You should know that better than anybody.

Meanwhile on topic for those who wish to see a history of botched 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.

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.