Post by thinkinkmesa on Jan 22, 2012 2:12:57 GMT -5
Arizona has two executions scheduled in the next seven weeks, but it remains in question whether there is an executioner to carry them out.
Robert Moormann is scheduled to die on Feb. 29, and Robert Towery is scheduled for March 8. Both are convicted murderers who have been on death row for 20 years or more.
But the medical doctor who supervised the state's last five executions reportedly quit last October during a deposition for a lawsuit that questioned his fitness for the job.
The Arizona Department of Corrections will not say if another doctor has been hired, or if the last doctor actually quit. All its spokesmen will say is that the department will abide by court orders.
The state's court-approved protocol for lethal injection requires a medical team led by a licensed physician to administer the drugs.
The state's execution protocol is the reason the doctor supposedly quit.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/01/20/20120120death-penalty-hurdle-remains.html#ixzz1kAWsEPkg
Robert Moormann is scheduled to die on Feb. 29, and Robert Towery is scheduled for March 8. Both are convicted murderers who have been on death row for 20 years or more.
But the medical doctor who supervised the state's last five executions reportedly quit last October during a deposition for a lawsuit that questioned his fitness for the job.
The Arizona Department of Corrections will not say if another doctor has been hired, or if the last doctor actually quit. All its spokesmen will say is that the department will abide by court orders.
The state's court-approved protocol for lethal injection requires a medical team led by a licensed physician to administer the drugs.
The state's execution protocol is the reason the doctor supposedly quit.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/01/20/20120120death-penalty-hurdle-remains.html#ixzz1kAWsEPkg