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In a June ruling, federal judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. ordered Missouri to stop executing condemned prisoners until it develops a standard lethal-injection protocol to reduce the current risk of unnecessary pain and suffering–one that specifies, for instance, which lethal drugs are to be used and in what quantities. Gaitan also noted with concern that, according to deposition testimony, the one doctor responsible for mixing the drugs used in Missouri executions suffers from dyslexia, which “causes him confusion with regard to numbers.”
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From Washington Post’s Crime Report, May 25: “DeSales St., 1700 block, 10:55 p.m. May 8. A man directed a driver into a parking space, then grabbed her when she got out of her car. He said, ‘I’m not going to hurt you. You’re a unique person and I’m a unique person.’ He put a ring on her right index finger and started to chant, then took property from her pocket and fled on foot.”
