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State rejected execution safeguard

State rejected execution safeguard Before a prolonged execution last year, the Florida Department of Corrections decided against using a machine to ensure an inmate is fully unconscious before lethal chemicals are injected.An Aug. 15, 2006 memo from department attorney Sara Dyehouse recommended the use of a bispectral index monitor in executions. The monitor can ensure a condemned inmate is unconscious and does not experience pain during the lethal injection process, she wrote in the memo.The department rejected the advice. Four months later, Angel Diaz appeared to writhe in pain in an execution that lasted about 20 minutes longer than usual.Department secretary Jim McDonough, in an interview this week, said the company that makes the monitor didn't want it used in executions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).