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Records show Arizona inmate was injected 15 times during lengthy execution some call botched
Fox News/Associated Press ^ | Published August 01, 2014 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/01/2014 8:12:40 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman

TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona executioners injected Joseph Rudolph Wood with a lethal combination of drugs 15 times during the nearly two hours it took for him to die, according to documents released Friday.

Records released to Wood's attorneys show he was administered the sedative midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone in 50-milligram increments 15 times between 1:53 p.m. and 3:45 p.m., for a total of 750 milligrams of each drug. He was pronounced dead at 3:49 p.m. after gasping more than 600 times while he lay on the table.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; murderer; punishment; reward
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

BFD

He’s dead, Jim

That’s all that matters


21 posted on 08/01/2014 8:45:10 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Get rid of "birthright citizenship" Out of room . . . no mas)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

Boo Hoo Hoo. He’s dead finally isn’t he. Geez all this fuss for a cold blooded killer.


22 posted on 08/01/2014 8:47:32 PM PDT by waxer1 (A Republic if you can keep it--Benjamin Franklin. Well we lost it.)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

Well, duh! If you’re trying to kill a guy, and you’re going to use an opiate, why they hell would you even bother trying 50mg??? How stupid do you have to be?? Give him like a pint! Gee, it didn’t work — shocking! [facepalm]


23 posted on 08/01/2014 8:49:55 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

A .22 short in the back of the head would have settled his case.


24 posted on 08/01/2014 8:50:06 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Smokin' Joe
Was there some sort of deadline that got missed? If not, it was successful.

Because of the duration, he missed the deadline to apply for Osamacare, and now the prison's gonna have to pay a fine.

25 posted on 08/01/2014 8:52:07 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

50 mg of dilaudid is an extremely large dose. His IV must not have been working right. Usually .5 to 1.0 mg is given for severe pain IV .


26 posted on 08/01/2014 8:59:50 PM PDT by therut
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To: therut

Oh, durr. They said hydromorphone, I was thinking hydrocodone.


27 posted on 08/01/2014 9:04:01 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Lurker

i’d rather just stuff them in an airtight metal box. co2 poisoning. many that have co2 poisoning get really happy loopy too, so no chance of cruel punishment being tossed out.


28 posted on 08/01/2014 9:08:50 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: doc1019

Firing squad. If I ever earn a death sentence please, 7.62 in the head for me.


29 posted on 08/01/2014 9:19:26 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Stuff him in a secure, rat infested cell, without food or water.

Come back in 6 months to scoop up the bones and throw ‘em in the dump.

Simple, cheap solution.


30 posted on 08/01/2014 9:21:53 PM PDT by GilesB
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To: ThunderSleeps

>>Firing squad. If I ever earn a death sentence please, 7.62 in the head for me.

The old Thai style of 15 full auto rounds in the back from a tripod mounted MG worked pretty well.


31 posted on 08/01/2014 9:23:02 PM PDT by expat1000 ("If you're explaining, you're losing." Ronald Reagan)
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To: ThunderSleeps

Any shot, regardless the caliber, to the head or heart works for me.


32 posted on 08/01/2014 9:28:28 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: cripplecreek

“I think the executioner should get overtime pay.”

Agreed, plus he should get a bonus. If at first you don’t succeed,...........


33 posted on 08/01/2014 9:32:28 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

1.65 POUNDS EACH of sedative midazolam and painkiller hydromorphone?

They injected him with 3.3 POUNDS of those drugs and he stayed alive? Almost a quart each?

Wow.


34 posted on 08/01/2014 9:33:23 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: doc1019

Gas chamber sounds good to me, pump in a little propane and flick the igniter and give him a preview of coming attractions. Not very Christian of me but murdering a father and daughter should rate a horrific end, who watched who die first? I cannot imagine watching someone I love being murdered in front of me and me powerless to prevent it.


35 posted on 08/01/2014 9:38:09 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Barkeep99; All
I vote for death by honeypot. Seems to be quick and painless. Plus, the cost is minimal...

XINXIANG CITY, CHINA. JUNE 9, 2014 – A lost cell phone has left two people dead and several others injured in China.

It happened after a woman dropped her new cell phone into an “open pit” toilet, according to the South China Morning Post.

When her husband tried to retrieve it from the pit, which was knee-deep in sewage, he was knocked unconscious by the smell. His mother went in to rescue him and also fainted.

The woman, her father-in-law and two neighbors also jumped in and all fainted.

All six people were rescued when neighbors lower a rope into the pit. The woman’s husband and mother-in-law died at the hospital. Two others were also hospitalized.


36 posted on 08/01/2014 9:38:36 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: yarddog

“If I had my choice of execution, I think I would choose firing squad.”

In my previous life, my end of choice would have involved the Dallas Cheerleaders and a hot tub.


37 posted on 08/01/2014 9:41:27 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: doc1019

Nitrogen Asphyxiation - 99% nitrogen (cheap welding gas) pumped through a breathing mask at 1.1 atmospheres until the brain waves go flat. Condemned passes out painlessly and dies within a few min. No blood spatter, all natural, no chemicals, etc.


38 posted on 08/01/2014 9:50:05 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

I suggest testing the drugs prior to the execution on those that support the killers like say actor Mike Farrell.


39 posted on 08/01/2014 9:50:45 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman
Put them under general anesthesia and then slit their wrist.

Put them under general anesthesia and then freeze them.

Put them under general anesthesia and then open up their chest and pull out their heart.

Put them under general anesthesia and then cut off their head.

Put them under general anesthesia and then asphyxiate them in a nitrogen bag.

Put them under general anesthesia and then OD them with heroin.

This ain't that hard if the goal is for them to not suffer (and why that's the goal I'm not sure).

40 posted on 08/01/2014 9:56:35 PM PDT by NELSON111
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