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  • Lethal Injection Is On Hold in 2 States

    12/15/2006 9:51:44 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 12 replies · 390+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | Saturday, December 16, 2006 | Peter Whoriskey and Sonya Geis
    MIAMI, Dec. 15 -- Executions by lethal injection were suspended in Florida and ordered revamped in California on Friday, as the chemical method once billed as a more humane way of killing the condemned came under mounting scrutiny over the pain it may cause. Gov. Jeb Bush (R) ordered the suspension in Florida after a botched execution in which it took 34 minutes and a second injection to kill convicted murderer Angel Nieves Diaz. A state medical examiner said that needles used to carry the poison had passed through the prisoner's veins and delivered the three-chemical mix into the tissues...