Arizona halts executions after Joseph Wood case
The US state of Arizona has halted executions pending a review of its death penalty procedures, after the allegedly botched lethal injection of a convicted murderer on Wednesday.
Officials say Joseph Wood gasped and snorted after the lethal cocktail of drugs was administered to him.
He took almost two hours to die.
Wood's execution came as US death penalty states have increasing trouble obtaining the drugs used in capital punishment, amid a European export ban.
'Extreme secrecy'
The morning after Wood's execution, his lawyer Dale Baich demanded an independent inquiry into the death of his client.
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