The
Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a federal appeals court’s decision to stay
an Arizona execution, one that had been halted due to concerns regarding the
secrecy surrounding the lethal injection process.
"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.
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