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| Missouri Used Midazolam In Its Most Recent Execution |
| By stlpublicradio.org- Chris McDaniel |
| Published: 01/23/2015 |
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Missouri used a considerable amount of sedatives on the last inmate it executed before it injected its lethal drug, records obtained by St. Louis Public Radio show. Chemical logs show the state used the controversial drug midazolam for the first time since its use was revealed months ago. Midazolam is a drug widely used in low doses by anesthesiologists before some procedures, but its use in executions has drawn controversy and raised unanswered questions. A typical dose of midazolam in a medical setting is between 0.5 and 2 milligrams, but little is known about what happens when that amount is increased exponentially. The execution team gave Paul Goodwin 20 milligrams of valium and 4 milligrams of midazolam in the hours and minutes before he died. Goodwin was put to death in December for sexually assaulting a widow and then killing her with a hammer in St. Louis County in 1998. Midazolam has been used in executions in Oklahoma, Ohio and Arizona. The three botched executions in those states all had the use of midazolam in common. A St. Louis Public Radio investigation in September revealed Missouri was covertly using the drug before execution warrants were valid, and before members of the press were present to provide oversight if things go wrong. Read More. |
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