Top judge attacks lethal injection as Arizona fails in death penalty appeal:
One of America's top judges has launched a dramatic attack on the use of medical drugs in executions, stating that the attempt to disguise the brutality of the death penalty by giving condemned prisoners the appearance of serenity in their final moments is "Doomed to failure" And that the country should return to the firing squad. Ref. Source 4
Arizona's Corrections Department said in a statement that it followed protocol in the execution of Joseph Wood on Wednesday, re-affirming his "Deep sedation" Seven times before he was pronounced dead. Aside from snoring, he did not make grimaces or otherwise move, the department said. Ref. CNN