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| Ky. execution plans lacking |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 09/06/2007 |
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KENTUCKY - The anonymous team set to conduct Kentucky's first execution in eight years practices every month in a never-used chamber, doing everything from strapping someone to the table to pushing the lethal three-drug cocktail through IVs dripping into a pitcher. What the monthly practices don't include, however, is a protocol for what to do if something goes awry, according to interviews and court documents. State officials say the process includes necessary safeguards, but death-penalty opponents say the potential exists for a long, excruciating execution. They cite examples in other states, such as Ohio, where it took more than an hour to put IV lines in an inmate, and Florida, where an inmate took more than 30 minutes to die. They note that in Kentucky's last execution, in 1999, the execution team needed two tries to find a vein in Eddie Lee Harper's arms. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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