A Utah judge has set an August date for the execution of a man convicted in the 1998 killing of a 49-year-old woman in her home. The judge on Monday sided against defense attorneys concerned about what they said was an experimental drug combination for the lethal injection.
A Utah judge on Monday set an August date for the execution of a man convicted in the 1998 killing of a 49-year-old woman, siding against defense attorneys concerned about a new lethal injection drug combination.
Two of the three drugs proposed for Honie’s execution – the pain reliever fentanyl and potassium chloride to stop the heart – have been used previously, Mills said. But a third proposed drug, the sedative ketamine, has not been used before to Mills’ knowledge. “I am not prepared after hearing the arguments today to rule and say that these protocols are required before this court will sign a writ of execution,” Wilcox said in court. He added that prisoners don’t have a due process right to receive the terms of their execution protocol.
Since then, seven people have been executed in Utah, including four by lethal injections and three by firing squads, said Mills.
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