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Doctor banned for incompetence is now part of Arizona's executions

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The same doctor who was banned from executions in Missouri has been discovered as a participant in Arizona s most recent execution. Dr. Alan Doerhoff s signature is at the bottom of executed Robert Comer s EKG tape, eight months after he was prohibited from further Missouri executions because of questions about his standards and competence. Doerhoff had assisted in more than 54 executions in Missouri, developed procedures, inserted catheters, and monitored prisoner s consciousness in Indiana's federal executions. According to 2006 court records, he admitted under oath to being dyslexic, that he improvised the dosages of the drugs (partly because of how conveniently or inconveniently they were packaged), had no set protocol and kept no records of procedures...continue to full post

Full post as published by Death Penalty Information Center on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).