AP: Warden says inmate felt no pain (in botched Fla. execution)

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Warden says inmate felt no pain

By PHIL DAVIS, Associated Press Writer

Mon Jan 29, 4:41 PM ET

TAMPA, Fla. - A convicted killer whose execution was botched last year was never
in any pain, and appeared to be straining to see a clock, not grimacing as some
witnesses claimed, the warden told a panel reviewing Florida's lethal injection
procedures Monday.

But the condemned man's lawyer said his client was clearly suffering from the
incorrectly injected chemicals, and he mocked notion that the inmate was looking
at a clock.

"What, was he late for an appointment? Come on, that's ridiculous," said Angel
Nieves Diaz's attorney, Neal Dupree, who also witnessed the execution and
testified before the commission. "I certainly thought he knew something was
wrong and he was looking to the closest (Department of Corrections) guy."

Diaz's execution Dec. 13 took 34 minutes — twice as long as usual — and required
a rare second dose of lethal chemicals because the needles were incorrectly
inserted clear through his veins and into the flesh in his arms, a medical
examiner reported.

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