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| Questions raised over Arizona's execution team |
| By dcourier.com - AP |
| Published: 01/23/2012 |
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PHOENIX - An attorney for a death-row inmate in Arizona is raising questions about who will carry out the state's executions after the physician who conducted the last five said he won't do them anymore and the other execution team member's arrest record came to light. In a letter to the Arizona Department of Corrections sent late Wednesday, attorney Dale Baich asked whether a new execution team was in place for the state's upcoming executions, and if so, whether the department has conducted proper background checks and verified the medical licenses of the team. Baich also pointed out that with the former medical team leader bowing out, the department was left with the team's only other member - a Yuma-based corrections officer who lacks a medical license and has an arrest record for drunken driving and public intoxication. The officer assisted the medical-team leader on the state's last five executions by inserting intravenous lines. The identities of both medical team members have been withheld for their protection. Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Bill Lamoreaux could not immediately say Thursday whether a new execution team has been chosen. The qualifications of the medical team and other aspects of the way Arizona conducts its execution were the subject of a recent lawsuit filed by Baich arguing the state's execution practices violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Among the suit's claims was that the state deviated from a court-approved execution protocol by using improperly vetted personnel to administer lethal injections under a sheet, away from witnesses' view. Read More. |
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