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Execution Chaos: Witnesses Say Executions Are Botched As States Use Untested, Secret Drug Cocktails

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Published on Feb 7, 2014

As drug companies refuse to let their products be used for the death penalty, states are using untested drug combinations that have resulted in…

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — By the time the U.S. Supreme Court refused a last-minute request to stay the execution of Herbert Smulls, the Missouri inmate was already dead. His attorneys said Thursday that it was the third straight case in which Missouri has moved ahead with an execution while the case was still in court. Source: Associated Press [view]

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Missouri executes Herbert Smulls as appeals fail

Missouri has executed a man convicted of killing a jewellery store owner during a 1991 robbery after the US supreme court denied last-minute appeals that in part challenged the drug used in the execution.

"After the United States supreme court vacated three separate stays of execution on January 29 2014, Herbert Smulls was executed for the 1991 murder of Stephen Honickman," said Chris Koster, the Missouri attorney general.

Smulls, 56, was pronounced dead at 10.20pm local time at a state prison in Bonne Terre after receiving a lethal dose of pentobarbital, the corrections department said.

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Missouri has executed a man convicted of killing a jewellery store owner during a 1991 robbery, after last-minute appeals were rejected. Herbert Smulls, 54, was put to death with a lethal dose of pentobarbital, a fast-acting barbiturate. He was pronounced dead at 10.20pm local time at a state prison in Bonne Terre, in what was Missouri's third execution since November and the third since switching to the new drug. Lawyers for Smulls sought to block his execution on multiple grounds, arguing in part that the compounded pentobarbital drug Missouri used to kill him may not be as pure and as potent as it should be, which could cause undue suffering. Source: Sky News [view]

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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — In 1991, Herbert Smulls called jeweler Stephen Honickman and set up an appointment to meet at his store in suburban St. Louis. He said he wanted to buy a diamond for his fiancee. Source: Associated Press [view]

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Herbert Smulls: supreme court halts Missouri execution after drug challenge

The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for the Missouri death row inmate Herbert Smulls, after his lawyers protested that the state had refused to disclose the source of the drug due to be used to kill him.

Justice Samuel Alito signed the order that was sent out on Tuesday night after Barack Obama's state of the union speech.

Smulls' lawyers had made last-minute pleas on Tuesday to spare his life, focusing on the state's refusal to disclose from which compounding pharmacy they obtain the lethal injection drug pentobarbital. Missouri has argued the compounding pharmacy is part of the execution team and therefore its name cannot be released to the public.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on two petitions regarding Missouri death row inmate Herbert Smulls, The Missouri Attorney General's office says. Source: Associated Press [view]

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution for Missouri death row inmate Herbert Smulls on Tuesday night. Source: Associated Press [view]