Charles Warner Case

Eye for an Eye December 2nd, 1982 was when the state of Texas took the life of Charles Brooks, Jr. Texas was the first state of the United States to use lethal injection to carry out the death penalty, the amount of executions in the United States has held since 1976 is over 1,429. Since 1976, we’ve dwindled on our Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment. Jeffrey Landrigan had his life taken by lethal injection on October 6th, 2011. Ryan Charles, the director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, was in a hustle two days before the
execution, Charles was also having trouble finding the right chemicals and a doctor to do the procedure, so instead of using thiopental he used pentobarbital. Charles made an irrational move to go on with the procedure knowing the chemicals were not right. It took eleven minutes until Landrigan was declared dead, months after his death the doctor was in awe after he figured out it was illegal (Crair). Clayton Lockett was convicted of murder and sentenced to die on April 2014. Oklahoma used midazolam, vecuronium bromide, and potassium chloride on Lockett, these chemicals combined could be very dangerous. Lockett’s death also proved that. He began speaking throughout his execution, which is shockingly unheard of. Lockett said, "The drugs aren't working," and "This s*** is f****** with my mind." The warden called off the execution after hearing this, even though he called it off, it was far too late to stop. Lockett was pronounced dead after forty-three minutes from the time the process began. Lockett did not have a peaceful death, considering the fact that he suffered for forty-three minutes. Not surprisingly, Clayton Lockett was pronounced a botched execution as well (Crair). The director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Ryan Charles, made a bold move to copy Ohio’s midazolam and hydromorphone mixture for the next execution. Ohio did this mixture and the execution went wrong, so it’s very arrogant to try it again. July 2014 Arizona’s next scheduled date for the implementation. Joseph Wood was the longest modern execution in United States history. His death lasted over one hour and fifty seven minutes. An article stated that he gasped and snorted the whole time. The medical professional stuck Woods over fifteen different times with midazolam and hydromorphone to try and make the execution go more rapidly. Arizona has held off executions for the time being since this botched case (Crair). In yet another case of a flubbed execution,Charles Warner was convicted of murder for taking a young child’s life.
He was executed with a three drug cocktail also used in Florida. Charles Warner was asked for his final statement and he replied, "Before I give my statement, I'll tell you they poked me five times. It hurt. It feels like acid." Warner also apologized to his family for everything he did to them. "I'm not a monster. I didn't do everything they said I did,” Warner said. His execution lasted eighteen minutes, and Warner said his body felt like it was on fire.Warner was pumped with the wrong chemical known as potassium acetate, which changes the body's fluid to a physical property. March 17th, 2014 is when Charles Warner was considered a botched execution
(AP/Huffpost). Brian Steckel was executed on November 4th of 2005.
He was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Steckel was being strapped down to the table and being inserted with an IV. That’s when the horrendous murder started happening. The machine that pumps the fluid into Steckels body malfunctioned and the IV blocked the secondary sedative that didn’t release into Steckel, which left him conscious when the other chemicals were released through his body. When the potassium chloride sets, it stops your heart. Steckel felt like his veins were being set on fire so he looked at the warden and said, “I didn’t think it would take this long.”
(Pilkington). Eight states have used one chemical for the injection such as anesthetics, fourteen states used one drug pentobarbital in executions, one state uses propofol, midazolam is only used by two states, and ten states use compounding pharmacies. These six stories of botched execution are only a few out of several thousand and these stories of people are history. Those people prove of how it’s contradicting the Eighth Amendment. January 17th, 1888 is when lethal injection was first created for execution, it is now 2016. If it can not be put to a cease, then it should be put to a halt. Humans are not experiments of which chemical could kill them the quickest or the slowest. Lethal Injection needs a drug cocktail to be a time of 10 minutes maximum, and peaceful. If the perfect mixture of chemicals cannot be found, then lethal injection should not be used.
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