A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter as her mother lay dying was put to death, becoming the first inmate executed in Mississippi in 9 years.
for the lethal injection protocol: midazolam, which is a sedative; vecuronium bromide, which paralyzes the muscles; and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.
The investigation will specifically focus on conditions at Parchman, the Southern Mississippi Correctional Institute, the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility and the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, the Justice Department said. A Justice Department spokesperson said Wednesday that the investigation continues.
“While tomorrow’s execution is not one of possible innocence, resuming executions in Mississippi brings us closer to the risk of killing the innocent,” said Lea Campbell, the founder and president of the Mississippi Rising Coalition. Inmates at Parchman have alleged that chronic staff shortages and rampant violence have led some prisoners to insert their own catheters, treat their own stab wounds and suffer through seizures without medication.said that in many instances, there was only one guard for every 160 inmates.
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