Lawyers: Autopsy suggests inmate suffered during execution Lawyers trying to halt next week's federal execution of their client say an autopsy on an inmate put to death by a lethal injection last month shows he suffered “extreme pain” before he diedCHICAGO -- An inmate suffered “extreme pain" as he received a dose of pentobarbital during just the second federal execution following a 17-year lag, according to court filings by lawyers representing one of the inmates scheduled to be executed next. The execution of Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is scheduled for Aug. 26. The first federal execution last month was of Daniel Lewis Lee, convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation. Q: WAS IT CLEAR DURING THE EXECUTION THAT PURKEY SUFFERED? But legal precedent requires, when arguing one form of execution is cruel, that they offer what they believe are more humane alternatives.

Source: ABC News August 21, 2020 23:00 UTC