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| Louisiana execution put on hold amid drug cocktail controversy |
| By ncronline.org - Megan Fincher |
| Published: 02/12/2014 |
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A Louisiana man's execution scheduled for Feb. 5 is on hold until April due to the controversial two-drug cocktail the state planned to kill him with. The sedative midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone were used for the first time in a U.S. execution Jan. 16 on Ohio prisoner Dennis McGuire who "appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually long time to die," according to The Associated Press. The state of Louisiana also planned to execute convicted murderer Chris Sepulvado with midazolam and hydromorphone, but U.S. District Judge James Brady put a hold on the execution just two days before it was set to occur. On Feb. 3, Brady ordered a trial April 7 to determine the constitutionality of Louisiana's execution protocol. Read More. |
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