Condemned inmate could face 'surgery without anesthesia' if good vein is elusive, lawyers say
Attorneys for a condemned Missouri man say the state's execution protocol allows for โsurgery without anesthesiaโ if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn't work.
Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms
For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from behind a cinderblock wall.