Arizona execution sparks emergency hearing over pain claims
In Florence Arizona a condemned inmate Joseph Rudolph Wood gasped for more than an hour as an emergency court hearing unfolded. State counsel told Judge Neil V Wake that Wood was comatose and not in pain, while questions about brain activity and life support followed.
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Challenges, drug shortages mark U S executions
A two drug combination used in Arizona mirrors a prior Ohio execution. The piece notes that after decades of the same three drug mix, states face shortages from European opposition to capital punishment and seek alternatives. The Supreme Court has ruled isolated mishaps during executions do not violate the Eighth Amendment.
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