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The execution of a serial killer had to be interrupted in the US state.
Medical staff could not find a vein for the lethal injection.
Kuna/Boise – Executions of death row criminals in the USA often cause a stir.
But they don't always go as planned.
In the US state of Idaho, everything was prepared for the execution of a convicted serial killer, but in the end the correctional authorities decided to call off the attempt.
No vein found: execution in Idaho had to be aborted
The medical staff could not find a suitable vein for the lethal injection in the convicted convict.
This was announced by the Idaho Department of Correction in the capital Boise on Wednesday (February 28).
Since an infusion tube could not be inserted after eight attempts, the judiciary stopped the process after about an hour.
Because of the complications, the enforcement order will expire, it said.
The condemned man was therefore taken back to his cell.
“Some are calling today’s events a failure, but the opposite is true,” agency director Josh Tewalt wrote in the statement.
“The process to prevent failure worked, and I think that is an important differentiation.” The agency said they will now consider next steps.
The death row convict is in a maximum security prison in Idaho.
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The convict's lawyers had filed a petition with the Supreme Court after the aborted execution to prevent your future execution, US broadcaster
ABC
reported .
However, the judge accepted this.
Death sentence: 73-year-old serial killer killed fellow prisoner
The person sentenced to death was a 73-year-old serial killer, according to
ABC
.
The sentence was imposed after the now 73-year-old beat his cellmate to death in 1981 with a sock filled with batteries.
At that point he was already in prison for five other murders.
The convict himself claims to have committed dozens of murders.
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USA: Executions and methods are controversial
In recent years, executions have repeatedly failed in the USA.
According to the information center, there were usually difficulties in inserting the intravenous line through which the deadly drugs are administered.
Just recently, in January, a death row inmate was executed for the first time using a new nitrogen method.
During the procedure, nitrogen is supplied through a face mask - death occurs due to lack of oxygen.
The method is controversial.
Human rights experts denounced it as cruel, untested and could result in a painful death.
Idaho: Serial killer's execution would have been first in twelve years
In 2023 alone, 24 death sentences were carried out in the USA.
More than 2,300 criminals sentenced to death are currently on death row, some of them for decades.
The execution of the 73-year-old serial killer would have been the first in the state of Idaho in twelve years.
(dpa/AFP/hk)