Following another botched execution. This time the lethal injection was administered in arizona. Witnesses say the condemned prisoner gasped for breath more than 600 times over a nearly twohour period after he was injected. Executions usually take ten minutes. As David Begnaud reports, this is the third failed execution this year. Reporter the execution of wood took almost two hours. Witnesses say during most of that time they could see and hear wood breathing and gasping for air. He closed his eyes, he went to sleep. Then he started gasping and he did. He gasped for more than an hour and a half. Reporter wood was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend Deborah Dietz and her father in 1989. I dont believe he was suffered. It sounded to me as though he were snoring. Reporter the dietz family said the only delay was how long it took to carry out the execution. Everybodys worried about did he suffer. Who really suffered was my dad and sister when they were killed. Reporter this is t
Following another botched execution. This time the lethal injection was administered in arizona. Witnesses say the condemned prisoner gasped for breath over 600 times over a twohour period after he was injected. They usually take ten minutes. David begnaud reports this is the third failed execution this year. It took almost two years. Witnesses say during most of that time they could see and hear wood breathing and gasping for air. He closed his eyes, he went to sleep. Then he started gasping and he did. He gasped for more than an hour and a half. Reporter wood was sentenced to death for killed his girlfriend and her father. Reporter the dietz family said the only delay was how long it took. Everybodys worried about did he suffer. Who really suffered was my dad and sister when they were killed. Reporter this is the third time an inmate has taken far longer to succumb a lethal injection. In april officials halted it because of him writhing in pain. He then died of a heart attack. They s
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