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Florida prepares for 1st execution since foul up

Florida prepares for 1st execution since foul up By RON WORD ? 39 minutes ago http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipkPe4h1Nkcs5or6Az7CpU_FzRmQD91JP7400 STARKE, Fla. (AP) ? Florida's new procedure for lethal injections could be tested Tuesday when executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the first time since a botched execution. Mark Dean Schwab, 39, is scheduled to die exactly 16 years after he was sentenced in the 1991 kidnapping, rape and murder of 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez. Florida officials say they have resolved problems with the December 2006 execution of Angel Diaz when needles were accidentally pushed through his veins, causing the lethal chemicals to go into his muscles instead, delaying his death for 34 minutes ? twice as long as normal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on June 29, 2008 (boomark / email).