The warden in charge of a botched execution last month in Florida doesn't think the condemned man was in pain.
Randall Bryant told a special commission looking into the incident that Angel Diaz was not grimacing, but was apparently straining to see a clock.
Diaz's lawyer, who also witnessed the execution, ridiculed that. Neal Dupree asked, "What, was he late for an appointment?" Dupree says Diaz was gasping for ten to 12 minutes.
The warden says Diaz had the opportunity to scream, cry, or yell, but did not.
It took 34 minutes for Diaz to die from two rounds of lethal injections December 13th. That's twice as long as usual. Needles were incorrectly inserted.
An autopsy found chemical burns in both arms.
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