‘A US judge has ordered a post-mortem exam on the body of an inmate, who was subjected to what witnesses describe as a “horrifying” execution.
Arizona District Judge Kristine Baker ordered the examination over the weekend after Governor Asa Hutchinson denied requests for an in-depth review of Kenneth Williams’ death by lethal injection.
Shawn Nolan, Williams’ lawyer, filed a motion which argued that the inmate died in agony because officials a certain sedative that was injected before the execution did not do its job properly.
If “the [drug] midazolam fails to keep the prisoner under anesthesia, the prisoner would be awake and aware but unable to move or speak or even open his eyes, so he would then look completely serene despite being in agony,” Nolan argued.’
Read more: US judge orders post-mortem exam after inmate’s execution goes awry

‘A US judge has ordered a post-mortem exam on the body of an inmate, who was subjected to what witnesses describe as a “horrifying” execution.
Arizona District Judge Kristine Baker ordered the examination over the weekend after Governor Asa Hutchinson denied requests for an in-depth review of Kenneth Williams’ death by lethal injection.
Shawn Nolan, Williams’ lawyer, filed a motion which argued that the inmate died in agony because officials a certain sedative that was injected before the execution did not do its job properly.
If “the [drug] midazolam fails to keep the prisoner under anesthesia, the prisoner would be awake and aware but unable to move or speak or even open his eyes, so he would then look completely serene despite being in agony,” Nolan argued.’
Read more: US judge orders post-mortem exam after inmate’s execution goes awry