Sunday 11 February 2007

LETHAL INJECTION PROCEDURES CHECKLIST - Angel Diaz execution


Exhibit B


FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

FLORIDA STATE PRISON

LETHAL INJECTION PROCEDURES CHECKLIST

DATE: 12/13/06

INMATE NAME: Angel Diaz DC#: 101061

OFFICIAL TIME OF DEATH: 6:36 PM

  1. Pre-execution Procedure:

þ Lethal chemicals were transported from pharmacy to execution chamber anteroom.

þ Sodium pentothal was prepared and placed on stands.

þ Pancuronium bromide was prepared and placed on stands

þ Potassium chloride was prepared and placed on stands.

þ Saline solution was prepared and placed on stands.

þ Both stands of lethal chemicals were transported to executioner’s room and room was locked.

þ Two intravenous infusion sets were prepared and the extension sets were marked “A” and “B.”

þ Execution process was explained to the inmate.

þ Inmate declined / was administered (circle one) an injection of diazepam.

þ Telephone in execution chamber and cellular telephone were determined to be fully operational.

þ Public address system was determined to be fully operational.

þ Executioners were each administered presumptive drug and breath analyzer test.

þ Members of execution team were each administered presumptive drug and breath analyzer test.

þ Executioners were escorted to executioner’s room and room was locked.

þ Telephone contact was made with Governor’s office.

þ Assistant warden began describing activities to Governor over telephone.

þ Warden read warrant of execution to inmate. - INTERPRETER PROVIDED

þ Wrist restraints were applied to inmate.

þ Inmate was escorted from his/her cell and assisted onto the execution gurney.

þ Gurney restraints were applied to inmate

þ Leads to two (2) heart monitors were attached to inmate’s chest.

þ Both heart monitors were determined to be fully operational.

þ Peripheral venous access was achieved at an appropriate site on right side of inmate’s body and saline drip was determined to be fully operational.

þ Peripheral venous access was achieved at an appropriate site on left side of inmate’s body and saline drip was determined to be fully operational.

N/A Venous access was achieved using a central venous line placement at an appropriate site on inmate’s body and saline drip was determined to be fully operational. (Check only if appropriate.)

N/A A cut-down procedure was used to achieve venous access at an appropriate site on inmate’s body and saline drip was determined to be fully operational. (Check only if appropriate.)

þ Inmate was wheeled into execution chamber.

þ Both saline bags were passed, one at a time, into executioner’s room and hung on hooks.

þ Saline drip at each access site was determined to be fully operational.

þ Execution chamber was secured.

þ Warden confirmed with Governor over telephone that no stay had been issued.

þ Drape over witness gallery window was opened.

þ Public address system was turned on.

þ Inmate made / declined to make (circle one) a statement.

þ Public address system was turned off.

þ Warden instructed executioner to begin administration of lethal chemicals.

  1. Execution Procedure:

þ Eight (8) syringes containing lethal chemicals and saline flushes were administered.

N/A Remedial measures were taken when venous access became compromised during administration of lethal chemicals. (Check only if appropriate.)

þ Physician confirmed complete cessation of respiration and heartbeat and pronounced inmate dead.

þ Second set of lethal chemicals was administered after physician could not confirm complete cessation of respiration and heartbeat after complete administration of first set of lethal chemicals. (Check only if appropriate.)

þ Official time of death was recorded at the top of this form.

þ Warden informed Governor over telephone that sentence had been carried out and of time of death.

þ Public address system was turned on and witnesses were informed that sentence had been carried out and time of death.

þ Official and media witnesses were escorted from witness gallery.

þ Hearse attendants were escorted into the execution chamber and inmate’s body was removed.

þ Hearse attendants were provided with death certificate.

I HEREBY ATTEST that the above actions, as indicated, were properly performed under my supervision.

_______________________

Warden Florida State Prison


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Warden of Florida State Prison,

You are a MURDERER. You are NO BETTER than the criminals who you strap to the gurney and pump full of those chemicals. I feel utterly ashamed to be from the same species as you.

Rot in hell, you evil loathsome bastard.

Anonymous said...

I so agree. How is it ok for the goverment to murder? Yo can not punish someone by doing to them what they did. If it wrong for one to kill it is wrong for everyone. The goverment is no better than common people.

Anonymous said...

i disagree, no one said government was better than the common people. the death penalty is a more humane punishment than life in prison, in my opinion. they dont have to suffer through anything or live through the guilt, they get to stop everything in its tracks and run away from their problems. do NOT call these people killers, its not even their choice, they're just doing their job and what was decided by the courts previously. anyway im sure this person deserved way worse than dying.

Luke said...

>>do NOT call these people >>killers, its not even their >>choice, they're just doing their >>job and what was decided by the >>courts previously. anyway im >>sure this person deserved way >>worse than dying.

It's not their choice, they're just doing their job... wasn't it their choice to take the job?

Just seems a little odd to me that the judicial system is against killing yet is content to do just that.

Anonymous said...

The only people that are against the death penalty are those that have an interest in the convicted. Either through family, friend or a feeling of holier than thou. The convicted and executed never gave the chance to their victims, they killed without thought for them or their families. I find very little sympathy for someone who kills and then "Finds God" and expects to be forgiven. Too late for sympathy, step up and reap what you sowed, they are responsible for their own actions.

Unknown said...

Personally, I am against the death penalty, as 4% of inmates that are executed turn out to have been innocent.

However, I do not disrespect or resent the warden for doing their job.