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| Coughing, convulsing and calls for probe after Arkansas execution |
| 2017-04-29 |
| [Reuters] A lawyer for an executed Arkansas death row inmate asked the state on Friday to investigate why his client coughed and convulsed on a death chamber gurney, saying a lethal injection drug may have been the cause. A separate group of lawyers for Arkansas death row inmates asked a federal court to preserve evidence in the four executions Arkansas held over eight days this month, saying in a lawsuit that the state's protocols "did not prevent an execution by torture." Arkansas, which had not held an execution in 12 years, concluded its executions series by putting to death Kenneth Williams on Thursday night. Accounts of his execution raised fresh concerns about whether the sedative midazolam, a Valium-like drug, is effective in lethal injection mixes. Witnesses said Williams, who admitted to killing four people, jerked and gasped for air for about 30 seconds a few minutes after his execution began. The state said it was a routine execution lasting about 15 minutes, but critics said something was amiss. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 What, they expected him to survive? I say they should have locked all the death row inmates, their lawyers, the pro-murder activists who led to this situation, four steak knives and a glass of water in a room. Let them settle the appropriate outcome. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-04-29 22:39 |
| #11 Utah brings back firing squad |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-29 21:44 |
| #10 I'm failing to see the problem here. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-04-29 17:40 |
| #9 If he can't kill anymore cheerleaders, the process was obviously a success |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2017-04-29 16:53 |
| #8 Ya know, I'll go along with a probe if it includes a mulligan. If the inmate died then let the lawyer take its place. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-04-29 15:51 |
| #7 #4 Was there any convulsing with Madame Guillotine? No FDA approval required. Does Utah still have firing squads? Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-04-29 08:24 Wasn't so much convulsing as a strong twitch. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-04-29 12:08 |
| #6 It's an execution, not a SleepTrain commercial for God's sake. Any discomfort incidental to rendering him room temperature is merely sop to to those of us with more biblical ideas about justice. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-04-29 11:43 |
| #5 Kenneth Williams, 38, initially was sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 killing of Dominique Hurd, a university cheerleader which involved coughing, convulsing, and death, soooo.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-04-29 09:25 |
| #4 Was there any convulsing with Madame Guillotine? No FDA approval required. Does Utah still have firing squads? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-04-29 08:24 |
| #3 The state said it was a routine execution lasting about 15 minutes, but critics said something was amiss. Well, they would. And as far as the mutt in question: Kenneth Williams, 38, initially was sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 killing of Dominique Hurd, a university cheerleader. He was later convicted of capital murder after he escaped from prison in 1999 and killed Cecil Boren. I'm having a hard time working up ANY sympathy here. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-04-29 07:50 |
| #2 jerked and gasped for air Perhaps the gurney comfort pillows induced apnea. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-29 03:21 |
| #1 A harmless, routine allergic reaction which rarely lasts more than a few minutes. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-04-29 02:40 |