Attorneys for Kenneth Eugene Smith claimed the state violated the U.S. Constitution, various court orders and its own lethal injection protocol during the “botched” execution attempt earlier this month. Smith’s attorneys are asking a federal judge to forbid the state from making a second attempt to execute him, saying Smith was already “subjected to ever-escalating levels of pain and torture” on the night of the failed execution.
“The execution continued on in defiance of the Eleventh Circuit’s stay, with Mr. Smith remaining strapped to a gurney until nearly midnight,” attorneys wrote. Smith’s attorneys wrote that the team tilted Smith in “an inverse crucifixion position” while strapped to the gurney and left him there for several minutes. Attorneys said they also believe the team injected Smith with “some sort of sedative and/or anesthetic”– violating assurances to a federal judge in court proceedings that they do not use intramuscular injections.
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