After the botched execution of convicted killer Angel Diaz, governor Jeb Bush of Florida has enacted a moratorium on all executions. It took 34 minutes for Diaz to die, most likely because medical technicians stuck the needle through his vein and into other tissue. During the execution, he appeared to be gasping for breath and even saying a prayer.
Unrelatedly, a federal judge has ruled that lethal injections in California are unconstitutional as well. There has been a moratorium on executions there since February, but I bet California lawmakers will slightly alter the three-injection system currently in use and resume executions some time in the slightly near future. Until then, the 650 or so California death row inmates can breathe a small sigh of relief.
For more, see CNN.
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