BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday.
In February, the attempted execution of Thomas Eugene Creech, a man on death row, failed after the execution team was unable to establish a peripheral intravenous line, despite trying eight times in several veins in his arms and legs. Creech’s defense attorneys have sought to prevent a second attempt on the grounds that it would amount to cruel and unusual punishment and amount to double jeopardy. A state judge dismissed those arguments in September.
Many states, including Texas and Oklahoma, do not allow execution witnesses to see the insertion of IVs or central venous catheters, carrying out the procedures in areas that are hidden from view. In Idaho, the process of establishing an IV line or central venous catheter must be publicly witnessed because the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it is a critical part of an execution.
Standard peripheral IV lines are fairly straightforward to establish and typically just require a needle stick into a vein that is close to the surface of the skin in the arm or the hand. Emergency medical technicians, nurses, and other health care professionals routinely insert standard IVs.
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