A South Carolina The death cell prisoner who is the next person planned by the State to death again asks for his execution to be postponed because his lawyers did not receive the autopsy report of the last performance two weeks ago.
Brad Sigmon, 67, whose execution is scheduled for March 7, had made a similar request that the Supreme Court of the State rejected earlier this month, but his lawyers said on Friday in a motion that the situation is now more urgent because of the Deadline of 21 February To decide his execution method, because he can choose to be killed by deadly injection, shooting team or electric chair.
Sigmon was convicted in the base beam cords in 2001 of the parents of his ex-girlfriend in their house in Greenville County. The two were in separate rooms, said researchers, and Sigmon went back and forth between the rooms while he both beat them.
After PairSigmon kidnapped his ex-girlfriend, but she managed to escape from his car. He shot her down while she walked away but missed.
Brad Sigmon was convicted of killing the parents of his alienated girlfriend in Greenville County in 2001. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)
“I couldn’t have her, I would not let anyone else have her,” he said in a confession.
If he does not choose an execution method, Sigmon would be killed by the electric chair, his lawyers say he does not want to die. Sigmon is planning to choose next week between deadly injection and the fire team.
He remains hesitant to opt for fatal injection because witnesses of the three previous executions in recent months since the state began to use a massive dose of the sedative pentobarbital, have said that despite the prisoners who seem to stop breathing and moving in just A few minutes, they were not declared dead for at least 20 minutes.
The autopsy report has been released for just one of the executions. Prison officials said that on November 1 Richard Moore received two large doses of Pentobarbital in 11 minutes.
A defense expert who assessed the results reported that liquid in Moore’s lungs probably gave him the feeling that he deliberately drowned and stifled during the 23 minutes it took to be pronounced.
South Carolina -Man who was sentenced to death, concerned about drugs after implementation
This photo supplied by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the death room of the state in Columbia, South Carolina, including the electric chair, right, and a chair of the shooting team, left. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)
Another anesthesiist who assessed the autopsy for the state said that liquid is often found in the lungs after a fatal injection, and also claimed that witness reports and other evidence gave no indication that Moore was more than 30 seconds consciously after the calming means of it First was injected.
Prison officials did not announce the reason why Moore needed a second massive dose or that it is part of their normal procedures, pointing to a Shield -Act from 2023 that keeps the providers of deadly injection mansedicines, the identities of members of execution teams and the procedures used and the procedures used and the procedures used a secret.
In a sworn declaration issued after an implementation date is planned, Correction Director Bryan Stirling certifies that every method is available. He said: “Letale injection is available via a single dose of Pentobarbital.”
Sigmon’s lawyers still have to see the autopsy report about Marion Bowman, who was executed by fatal injection January 31. There was no autopsy after the performance of Freddie Owens on 20 September at his request, stating religious reasons for his Muslim belief.
Additional information is sought by Sigmon’s lawyers about the deadly injection medication. Requests were rejected before the previous three executions.
The room where prisoners are performed in Columbus, South Carolina. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)
His lawyers also want his implementation date to be postponed until they can revise the autopsy results.
One of the busiest for executions, South Carolina resumed the executions in September after a 13-year-old break that was partly caused by the State that had difficulty getting to obtain fatal injection drugs after the stock of pharmaceutical companies Should announce the drugs sold to state officials. The state legislator then approved the Shield Act, allowing officials to keep the suppliers of fatal injection products private.
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The Supreme Court Suggest to separate executions for at least five weeks, but the lawyers of Sigmon, who also represent others in the death cell, want to extend that time between up to 13 weeks, so that they can fully assess earlier autopsies and other reports.
South Carolina has executed 46 prisoners since the death penalty resumed in the US in 1976. In the early 2000s, the state performed an average of three executions per year. Only nine states have killed more prisoners.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
