Murderer Executed Takes 34 Minutes To Die

[The Straight Story]

Murderer Executed Takes 34 Minutes To Die

POSTED: 12:37 pm EST December 13, 2006
UPDATED: 12:04 am EST December 14, 2006



JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Angel Nieves Diaz, who was convicted of murdering a Miami topless bar manager 27 years ago, was executed by lethal injection Wednesday, appearing to grimace before dying 34 minutes after receiving the first of two doses of chemicals.

The manner of his death will almost certainly rekindle the argument that Florida's method of execution constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

Diaz, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m., despite his protests of innocence and requests for clemency made by the governor of his native Puerto Rico. He appeared to move for 24 minutes after the first injection. His eyes were open, his mouth moved and his chest rose and fell. He was pronounced dead 10 minutes after his last movement.

In most Florida executions, the prisoner loses consciousness almost immediately and stops moving within three-to-five minutes. Two doctors watching a heart monitor then wait for it to show a flat line. They then inspect the body and pronounce death. The whole process happens within 15 minutes.

http://www.local6.com/news/10525956/detail.html

[Hippo_Tron]

1. Lethal injection is a means for us to stomach the death penalty as "humane"

If we're going to have the death penalty why don't we just take a loaded gun and blow their brains out? It's probably a lot cheaper.

[SoFlaJet]

4. They ought to

get "Old Sparky" out of the closet.Sparky is the electric chair that Bubba Redneck down here actually gave a name to...only in Florida...oh yea and Texas...

[sam sarrha]

2. there is not scientific proof death is a PENALTY, ..PRISON is a PENALTY..stop sending these guys to

Jesus to be escorted into Paradise..

the Death Penalty is only a Blood Sacrifice to voters for supporting an Evil Politician..

Politicians promise to kill prisoners if you vote for them.. so it is really Murder, the death penalty is and never has been a deterrent for anything.. and there are stacks of volumes of research that proves the death penalty is not a deterrent.. only to the contrary.. criminals will Kill the Witnesses too.. the death penalty only results in more Innocent's deaths.. everybody knows this in the industry.

research has shown that about 17% of all executions killed an Innocent man, Bu$h said he wasn't concerned about executing an Innocent man.. that Justice had been done by the courts, and if there was an error and an Innocent man was convicted ..gOD would take care of him. and in Texas probably 30% of the 152 people he executed were Innocent..

[sam sarrha]

3. they are given a drug to paralize them so they dont trash around.!!!

it is EVIL Theater..

[aikoaiko]

5. Hopefully, he did the crime.

Apparently, his partner in crime pleaded guilty and got life. Choices. We all have them.

Adios, Angel.