He made references to sutures. He said that he had bled profusely. He said that this is why the execution had been delayed. As he spoke, an official in the execution chamber repeated everything so presumably there is an official verbatim record of what he said. This case indicates, as we've previously stated, that lethal injection is no less a human rights violation than electrocution.
All execution methods are gruesome and can go awry.
Lethal injection is not always the clinical and painless process claimed by its proponents. This is not the first time the State of Florida has been criticized for its execution methods. In July 1999, the execution of Allen Lee Davis received considerable attention when press reports cited blood pouring from Allen's mouth and oozing from his chest. The unusual bleeding occurred despite the use of a new electric chair, which was brought in after flames shot from the head of Pedro Medina during his execution in 1997. Thus far, Florida has executed 47 people since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.