US EditionLawyers for a South Carolina inmate ask a court to stop his execution
- Lawyers for South Carolina inmate Stephen Stanko will appear in federal court Wednesday to argue the state improperly carries out lethal injections and firing squad executions.
- The legal action follows concerns that recent executions, including Mikal Mahdi's in April, involved prolonged deaths and firing squad shots missing the heart, suggesting possible cruelty.
- Stanko's 49-page brief alleges improper use and storage of pentobarbital, flawed IV placement, and using underpowered firing squad bullets that cause pain and delay death.
- Expert Dr. Jonathan Groner expressed concern that those involved in Mr. Mahdi’s execution may have deliberately failed to administer the lethal injection properly, resulting in unnecessary suffering before death, while state officials maintain that no mistakes occurred.
- If successful, the court could pause Stanko’s scheduled execution in two days, the sixth in nine months in South Carolina, potentially prompting broader review of execution methods.
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