It's a shame it had to play out this way to get someone's attention

According to the St. Petersburg Times, many feel this executions finally puts a name to the claim that lethal injections are cruel and unusual.

"'It's a gruesome I-told-you-so,' said private defense lawyer D. Todd Doss, who took a lethal injection challenge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court this year.

"Doss, who eventually lost his appeals and saw his client executed, is now representing Diaz's family.

"'It's a shame it had to play out this way to get someone's attention,' Doss said."