Warden Says Inmate Felt No Pain [1]
TAMPA, Fla. - A convicted killer whose execution was botched last year was never in any pain, and appeared to be straining to see a clock, not grimacing as some witnesses claimed, the warden told a panel reviewing Florida's lethal injection procedures Monday.
"He had the opportunity to be able to scream, cry, yell and that sort of thing and that did not happen," Florida State Prison Warden Randall Bryant, who stood about 2 feet from Diaz during the execution, told the 11-member commission.
Yeah, right Mr. Bigshot Warden. Maybe some people, especially the innocent, maintain a little dignity when they die.
Someone said, "We put down our dogs more humanely than we do our prisoners." There is absolutely no justification for death to be imposed over 6 minutes (the average time) much less 13 minutes 34 seconds in this case.
I remember reading an article on lethal injection that described the chemicals as the type that simply paralyzed the victim so he couldn't breath. When asked about it, the official said, "No one ever said executions had to be painless."
The inhumanity of the executions along with the fact that overzealous prosecutors have put numerous innocents on death row forms the basis for my being a conscientious objector to capital punishment.
Tag: capital punishment
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