Wood given 15 doses of lethal drugs during two-hour execution in Arizona

o-LETHAL-INJECTION-facebookBy Gary Grado | Arizona Capitol Times

An execution team violated state execution policy by injecting Joseph Wood with 15 doses of a lethal drug combination, the inmate’s attorney said.

Wood’s attorney, Dale Baich, said the Department of Corrections’ execution protocol, or policy, allows for a second dose if the inmate is still conscious three minutes after the first dose.

“What they’re saying is he was unconscious and they kept giving him more,” Baich said.

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