“Dr Doe,” the surgeon whom the Missouri Department of Corrections selected to be their executioner

Missouri

• “Dr Doe,” the surgeon whom the Missouri Department of Corrections selected to be their executioner, had no training in anesthesia and was unable to calculate or keep track of doses of drugs because he was dyslexic. (Trial Tr., 122-123, Sept. 20, 2006, in Evans v. Saar, No. 06-149 (N.D. Md.). By his own estimate, he had been sued for malpractice more than 20 times, and two hospitals had revoked his privileges. (Jeremy Kohler, Behind the Mask of the Execution Doctor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 30, 2006.) As of June, 2006, Dr. Doe testified that he was “still improvising” the execution procedures. (Dep. Tr. of John Doe 1 in Taylor v. Crawford, No. 05-4173 (W.D. Mo.), at 10 (June 5, 2006).