A 'botched' Alabama execution subjected an inmate to 'ever-escalating levels of pain and torture,' attorneys say.
"Botched" Alabama execution subjected inmate to"ever-escalating levels of pain and torture," attorneys sayAlabama prison staff strapped an inmate to a death chamber gurney, despite a court order in place at the time blocking the execution from going forward, and later subjected him to numerous needle jabs, including in the neck and collarbone region while an official held his head, attorneys wrote in a court filing.claimed on Friday the state violated the U.S.
Smith's attorneys say the state strapped Smith to the death chamber gurney at about 8 p.m. and left him there even though the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay at 7:59 p.m. Smith was not told of the stay and had no way to communicate with his attorney or family as he lay strapped to the gurney, his attorneys said.
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted the stay shortly at 10:20 p.m. and it was around that time that the execution team began trying to establish IV access, according to the court filing. Smith's attorneys wrote that the team tilted Smith in"an inverse crucifixion position" while strapped to the gurney and left him there for several minutes. Attorneys said they also believe the team injected Smith with"some sort of sedative and/or anesthetic"- violating assurances to a federal judge in court proceedings that they do not use intramuscular injections.
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