Arizona has executed a Death Row Inmate on an Unnamed British company Supplied one of the chemicals used in lethal injections, it has Been Revealed.
Jeffrey Landrigan, 50, WHO, was convicted of the murder of Chester Dean Dyer in 1989, HAD Been Granted a stay of execution over Concerns about the Legality of the Substances used to kill him.
His lawyers argued HAD That the drug - sodium thiopental - Might Not Meet U.S. Standards and his Planned execution violated his Constitutional Rights To Be free from cruel and unusual punishment.
But it was cleared Thurs proceed after the Supreme Court justices Voted 5-4 in Favour of turning over the federal judge's order postponing the execution.
Arizona Officials said the sodium thiopental Came from Britain, the first time a state has acknowledged obtaining the drug from outside the U.S. since the shortage Began slowing executions in the spring.
The sentence was carried out at 6.26am this morning.
In 1989, Landrigan escaped from an Oklahoma prison Where they was Serving time for second-degree murder.
They was convicted of strangling Chester Dyer in Arizona a year later DURING an armed burglary and was Sentenced to Death.
In the execution chamber at the State Prison in Florence, Phoenix, Landrigan thanked his family before saying his last words, 'Boomer Sooner'.
The phrase is a cheer often used by fans of the University of Oklahoma sports teams.
His last meal consisted of steak, fried okra, French fries, strawberry ice cream and a Dr. Pepper drink, the Arizona Department of Corrections Spokesman Barrett Marson said.
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