An Exclusive Look At Angel Diaz's Botched Execution In Florida

A Look At What Happens When An Execution Goes Badly
** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JUNE 23-24 - FILE ** This undated file handout image from the Florida Department of Corrections shows Angel Diaz. The botched death of death row inmate Angel Diaz, caused then-Gov. Jeb Bush to halt executions and he asked a commission to examine Florida's procedures and make recommendations for improvement. They recently came back with 37, including more training, modifications to the death chamber and changes in the execution team. But death penalty opponents and attorneys who represent the condemned say it's not enough. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections)
** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JUNE 23-24 - FILE ** This undated file handout image from the Florida Department of Corrections shows Angel Diaz. The botched death of death row inmate Angel Diaz, caused then-Gov. Jeb Bush to halt executions and he asked a commission to examine Florida's procedures and make recommendations for improvement. They recently came back with 37, including more training, modifications to the death chamber and changes in the execution team. But death penalty opponents and attorneys who represent the condemned say it's not enough. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections)

On December 13, 2006, the state of Florida botched the lethal injection of Angel Diaz. The execution team pushed IV catheters straight through the veins in both his arms and into the underlying tissue. As a result, Diaz, who was convicted of murder in 1986, required two full doses of the lethal drugs, and an execution scheduled to take only ten to 15 minutes lasted 34. It was one of the worst botches since states began using lethal injection in the 1980s, and Jeb Bush, then the governor of Florida, responded with a moratorium on executions.

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