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21 Oct 2007, 4:50 am
Cruel and appalling are the only two words we can use to describe the 34 minute suffering of Angel Diaz. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 7:05 pm
In Florida in December, Angel Nieves Diaz grimaced and shook for more than 30 minutes before finally suffering convulsions and dying.Authorities later found that the needles were inserted too far and the lethal cocktail had been injected outside his veins.In 2006, there were 53 executions in the United States, all but one through lethal injection.Now though, executions appear to have been put on hold almost by default, apart from the controversial execution of Michael Richard in… [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 7:24 am
Florida used lethal injection for executions since 2000, but has imposed a de facto moratorium since December after it took 34 minutes for inmate Angel Diaz to die during the procedure. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 2:44 am
The state of Florida put Diaz to death on Dec. 13, 2006. [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 7:11 pm
"The Diaz execution was the best evidence of that. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 9:52 pm
Florida's leading death penalty case, Lightbourne, didn't focus on the lethal cocktail he would be injected with, but on records and abilities of those giving the injections -- an issue that came to the forefront with the botched execution of Miami killer Angel Diaz, who took 34 minutes to die Dec. 13. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 9:46 pm
"There is a whole history of problems with lethal injection," Schwab's attorney, Mark Gruber, told the court.In December, convicted killer Angel Nieves Diaz took 34 minutes to die -- twice as long as usual -- when executioners at Florida State Prison failed to properly insert intravenous needles, forcing the lethal chemicals into the condemned man's tissue rather than his veins.Executions in Florida were halted, and state corrections officials required more… [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 4:31 pm
"The Diaz execution was the best evidence of that. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 11:01 pm
Florida's Department of Corrections made some changes after the Diaz execution. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 3:56 am
Jeb Bush halted all executions and commissioned a study into the execution of Angel Diaz.Diaz's botched execution made headlines because he took twice as long as usual to die and may have been in extreme pain.In May, the state Department of Corrections issued a new lethal injection procedure, and the ban was lifted. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 2:12 am
Charlie Crist and the first in the state since a moratorium on executions was lifted following an inquiry into the December 2006 lethal injection of Angel Diaz. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 2:02 am
Charlie Crist and the first in the state since a moratorium on executions was lifted following an inquiry into the December 2006 lethal injection of Angel Diaz. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 1:52 am
OPINION: Editorial October 10, 2007 [www.news-journalonline.com] Florida should end lethal injection, or at least wait for federal court ruling With the thoroughly botched execution of Angel Nieves Diaz last year, Florida fueled the controversy surrounding lethal injection. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 10:59 pm
http://www.oranous.com/florida/MarkSchwab/replybriefSchwab.htm[www.oranous.com]IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 80289 MARK DEAN SCHWAB, Appellant, Death Warrant Signed Execution Scheduled for November 15, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 6:50 am
During Angel Nieves Diaz's half-hour lethal injection ordeal in Florida, his executioners mistakenly pushed the needles through his veins and into the flesh of his arm, leaving chemical burns. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 7:14 am
Reports at the time described Diaz as grimacing in pain.Such horrific instances have destroyed the main argument for lethal injection- that it offers a relatively painless and humane death, Amnesty says. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 11:00 am
These include the execution of the triple murderer Bennie Demps in Florida in 2000, where prison staff took 33 minutes to find a vein for the injection.In Florida last December, Angel Diaz was seen moving - grimacing, blinking, blowing, and mouthing words - for around 24 minutes before a second injection was administered. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 10:56 am
Reports at the time described Diaz as grimacing in pain.Such horrific instances have destroyed the main argument for lethal injection - that it offers a relatively painless and humane death, Amnesty says. [read post]
29 Sep 2007, 11:13 pm
Of 1,097 executions since 1977, lethal injections have been used 927 times, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.Two of the nation's largest states, Florida and California, abruptly halted lethal injection executions in 2006 amid a swirl of controversy about the procedure.In Florida, former governor Jeb Bush took action after it took 34 minutes to kill convicted murderer Angel Nieves Diaz because of a botched needle placement.In California, Governor Arnold… [read post]