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| Lopez put to death in Arizona’s first ‘full-viewing’ execution |
| By mohavedailynews.com - AP |
| Published: 06/28/2012 |
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FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — Death-row inmate Samuel Villegas Lopez stared straight ahead Wednesday as he lay strapped to a table in Arizona’s execution chamber, wincing slightly as two catheters that soon would deliver a fatal drug were inserted into his veins. Lopez’s execution was the first in Arizona history in which witnesses other than prison officials saw catheters inserted into an inmate’s veins — a move the state Department of Corrections made after a federal judge recently sided with The Associated Press and Idaho news organizations seeking full viewing access to lethal injections. The ruling was upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, meaning it was unlikely Arizona would have been able to keep its process limited much longer. Until Wednesday, news media and victims’ family members entered the death chamber at the state prison only after the inmate had been injected and covered with a sheet to his chest or neck. Read More. |
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