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Botched Execution Likely Caused Slow, Painful Death

By Jeralyn, Section Death Penalty
Posted on Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 07:37:28 PM EST
Tags: lethal injection, death penalty (all tags)
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Doctors are now weighing in on the botched Florida execution of Angel Nieves Diaz (background here and here.)

They believe he died a slow, agonizing death, which one equates to torture.

``It really sounds like he was tortured to death,'' said Jonathan Groner, associate professor of surgery at the Ohio State Medical School, who has written several articles on lethal injection. ``My impression is that it would cause an extreme amount of pain.''

Here's a report by Human Rights Watch, So Long as They Die.

Is there hope in the Supreme Court? Justice Stevens has been very critical of the death penalty.

Background on the Lancelet report is here. Also see this article submitted to TalkLeft, You Wouldn't Do a Dog This Way by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg of the Medill School of Journalism.

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    He was tortured to death (none / 0) (#1)
    by Andreas on Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 04:49:45 AM EST
    Only "one" of them equates this barbaric murder of the United States of America SA to torture? It is well know arround the world that the criminals at the head of American society are systematically  torturing people to death.

    Watch out (none / 0) (#2)
    by Wile ECoyote on Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 12:51:05 PM EST
    Andreas:
    watch out Sailor will chide you for not staying on topic.  

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    I see an incipient new mathod of torture... (none / 0) (#3)
    by Bill Arnett on Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 03:47:43 PM EST
    ...coming out of this.

    Chemical burns from the inside? BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

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