10-20-2017, 01:21 PM
Alabama
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Torrey Twane McNabb, 40, was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m. CDT yesterday, authorities said.
McNabb raised both his middle fingers before the lethal injection; his last words were, "I hate you."
He was convicted of killing Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon in 1997.
He shot Gordon five times as the officer sat in his patrol car after arriving at a traffic accident McNabb caused while fleeing a bail bondsman, prosecutors said.
Gordon's relatives said in a statement that the 30-year-old officer - known as 'Brother' - was devoted to his family, his two children and his work as a police officer. RIP.
McNabb was one of several death row inmates who filed a lawsuit arguing that the sedative midazolam does not reliably render a person unconscious before subsequent drugs stop their lungs and heart. They point to an execution last December during which an Alabama inmate coughed and heaved for the first 13 minutes of the procedure.
McNabb's attorney argued that he should not be executed while the lawsuit was in progress. The courts disagreed.
McNabb appeared to be breathing for the first 20 minutes of the 35-minute long procedure. He later appeared to move his head, grimace and raise his arms after two consciousness checks in which a guard pinches his arm, says his name and pulls back his eyelid - before eventually becoming still.
Alabama Commissioner Jeff Dunn said he was confident the movements after the second consciousness check were involuntary and that McNabb was not awake.
Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...rsday.html
Torrey Twane McNabb, 40, was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m. CDT yesterday, authorities said.
McNabb raised both his middle fingers before the lethal injection; his last words were, "I hate you."
He was convicted of killing Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon in 1997.
He shot Gordon five times as the officer sat in his patrol car after arriving at a traffic accident McNabb caused while fleeing a bail bondsman, prosecutors said.
Gordon's relatives said in a statement that the 30-year-old officer - known as 'Brother' - was devoted to his family, his two children and his work as a police officer. RIP.
McNabb was one of several death row inmates who filed a lawsuit arguing that the sedative midazolam does not reliably render a person unconscious before subsequent drugs stop their lungs and heart. They point to an execution last December during which an Alabama inmate coughed and heaved for the first 13 minutes of the procedure.
McNabb's attorney argued that he should not be executed while the lawsuit was in progress. The courts disagreed.
McNabb appeared to be breathing for the first 20 minutes of the 35-minute long procedure. He later appeared to move his head, grimace and raise his arms after two consciousness checks in which a guard pinches his arm, says his name and pulls back his eyelid - before eventually becoming still.
Alabama Commissioner Jeff Dunn said he was confident the movements after the second consciousness check were involuntary and that McNabb was not awake.
Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...rsday.html