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Arizona Horribly Botches Execution: Inmate Takes 2 Hours to Die

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goddamnedfrank7/23/2014 4:35:09 pm PDT

Man does the Supreme Court look fucking stupid right now:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a federal appeals court’s decision to stay an Arizona execution, one that had been halted due to concerns regarding the secrecy surrounding the lethal injection process.

Joseph R. Wood, who was sentenced to death in 1991 for shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend Debra Dietz and her father, Eugene, had filed a lawsuit requesting more information about his looming execution. Wood had asked for more details about the drugs that will be used in the lethal injection as well as more information regarding the team that will carry it out.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had agreed on Saturday, staying the execution until Arizona released that information. The full court upheld that panel’s decision on Monday, allowing the stay to remain in effect.