Landrigan died by injection at a state prison in Florence, Arizona at 10:29 p.m. Tuesday after a stay issued by a federal judge was lifted by the U.S. Supreme Court.
That stay was based on questions about the effectiveness of the state’s supply of an execution drug in short supply. Arizona obtained a supply of the sedative drug sodium thiopental from Great Britain.
Jeffrey Landrigan had been on death row since his 1990 conviction for murdering Chester Dyer of Phoenix in a killing that prosecutors said was part of a robbery.
Arizona’s last execution was of Robert Comer on May 22, 2007.
Oh well, the only thing I can add is it’s about time…that and who’s next? If that’s harsh, don’t tell me. Tell the families of these murderers.
According to breakingnews:Jeffrey Landrigan was sentenced to death since 1990, his sentence for the murder of Chester Dyer of Phoenix in a murder that prosecutors say was part of a robbery Therefore, the drug is approved for use by state authorities for the implementation of this Landrigan, tried by the Supreme Court of the United States. Court further held that the unlawful acquisition of this drug can not be tested against court.California also remained an execution last month, the day the offer is still the drug expired. The shortage has also delayed in the execution of Oklahoma in August and led the governor of Kentucky to postpone the signing of orders for the deaths of two prisoners.
The state of Arizona executes convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan Tuesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court opened the way for the implementation injection.The lethal place to 10:26 p.m. local time, according to counsel of one official . Landrigan correction “has filed a civil rights last Thursday on the basis of completion violated their constitutional rights to freedom from cruel and unusual punishment and process.On Monday, a judge of the District Court S. U. issued the temporary stay after concluding that the state has not provided enough information to do their part Landrigan case sufficient for the safety and legality of the substances used to kill him.
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