Background: Wood’s lawyers sought basic information about drugs to be used to execute their client. Were refused by federal/state courts.

— Andrew Cohen (@CBSAndrew) July 23, 2014

Joseph Wood case made it past 9th Circuit to Scotus, where justices quickly denied his claims, allowing execution to proceed today.

— Andrew Cohen (@CBSAndrew) July 23, 2014

Lawyers for Wood in Arizona file emergency stay 70 minutes after execution began. “He has been gasping and snorting for more than an hour.”

— Andrew Cohen (@CBSAndrew) July 23, 2014