Soros-funded nonprofit claims 35% of attempted capital punishments were “visibly problematic”
While the number of executions in the US in 2022 continues to drop, more than a third of all attempts to put convicted criminals to death were “botched” over the past year, according to a report released on Friday by the Death Penalty Information Project (DPIC).
“Seven of the 20 execution attempts were visibly problematic — an astonishing 35% — as a result of executioner incompetence, failures to follow protocols, or defects in the protocols themselves,” the DPIC year-end report said, dubbing 2022 “the year of the botched execution.”
In one example listed, Alabama authorities in July took three hours to administer a lethal injection to an inmate. Two subsequent executions were canceled because the staff were unable to set up an intravenous line correctly, prompting the governor to order a “top-to-bottom review” of state protocols.
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