"gasping and snorting for more than an hour"
July 23, 2014 6:26 PM Subscribe
Arizona Inmate Dies 2 Hours After Execution Begins
Additional reporting from The New York Times, The Arizona Republic, and The Washington Post.
(previously: 1, 2)
FLORENCE, Ariz. — A condemned Arizona inmate gasped and snorted for more than an hour and a half during his execution Wednesday before he died in an episode sure to add to the scrutiny surrounding the death penalty in the U.S. Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's office said Joseph Rudolph Wood was pronounced dead at 3:49 p.m., one hour and 57 minutes after the execution started. Wood's lawyers had filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court while the execution was underway, demanding that it be stopped. The appeal said Wood was "gasping and snorting for more than an hour." Word that Justice Anthony Kennedy denied the appeal came about a half hour after Wood's death.(previously: 1, 2)
Additional reporting from The New York Times, The Arizona Republic, and The Washington Post.
(previously: 1, 2)
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is another incredibly awful chapter in an ongoing awful situation, but we have a week old open thread on the death penalty where this link could go, and we've recently had long threads discussing other botched executions. -- LobsterMitten
Cruel and unusual.
posted by Drinky Die at 6:31 PM on July 23, 2014
posted by Drinky Die at 6:31 PM on July 23, 2014
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