label Asay,the first white man executed in Florida for killing a black man, is put to death with an anesthetic that some have criticized as unprovenFlorida on Thursday put a man to death with an anesthetic never used before in a US deadly injection, and carrying out its first execution in more than 18 months on an inmate convicted of two racially motivated murders.
Authorities said 53-year-used label Asay,the first white man executed in Florida for the killing of a black man, was pronounced dead at 6.22pm Thursday at the state prison in Starke. Asay received a three-drug injection that began with the anesthetic, and etomidate. Related: The business of securing death sentences: 40 years and 28 men Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com