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Two-hour long US execution renews lethal injection row

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The controversy over the drugs used in US executions has been reignited after a convicted murderer took nearly two hours to die by lethal injection.

Joseph Wood shot dead his ex-girlfriend and her father in 1989.

His lawyers filed an unsuccessful emergency appeal to multiple federal courts that sought to have the execution in Arizona halted, citing other botched executions.

Prison authorities said he was sedated, but witnesses said he repeatedly gasped for air.

“Once he was sedated, he jus…
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8 Comments

  1. @ManahManah77

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    The problem isn't that the guilty aren't deserving of such a death. The problem is that our system lacks the integrity to impose such a sentence.

  2. @jessicafreemann2314

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    Are we supposed to feel bad for this poor felon?
    If you don't want to die in this fashion
    How about  —  do not murder people
    Being a law-abiding person usually keeps you free from executions

  3. @donowens5883

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    ANTI-DEATH PENALTY WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH AMERICA?

  4. @amparocouso4264

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    O please!!!! If this is all about religion, the Bible says an eye for an eye . Good writtens !

  5. @eastgate5386

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    professional US killers are engaged in killing civilians all over the world, they left no one home to to the job properly. 

  6. @qpae123

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    Why don't they shoot them ? 

  7. @bonbonarobonbonarov1333

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    by killing them , you are no better than them ! 

  8. @70goldtop

    April 13, 2024 at 1:59 am

    I would've brought popcorn.Too bad I missed watching him suffer.They should post it on Youtube so everyone can laugh at his agonizing death.He thinks his death was painful,wait till he gets to hell.

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