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Florida Executes 5th Prisoner Using Controversial Drug Method

HeadlineMar 21, 2014

Florida has executed a fifth prisoner using an experimental drug process involving the sedative midazolam. The first prisoner executed under Florida’s new protocol, back in October, appeared to stay conscious longer and move more while unconscious than prisoners in previous executions. On Thursday, Robert Henry was executed using the same process for the murders of two co-workers. He was pronounced dead 11 minutes after the injection began.

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