Death row inmate in Florida asks to be executed by electric chair rather than lethal injection in state first
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A death-row inmate in Florida has asked the state to execute him by electrocution rather than lethal injection, the state’s default way to carry out executions, in what is believed to be the first such request under a state law allowing inmates to pick the electric chair over a fatal dose of drugs. The Florida Supreme Court later said that Davis “did not suffer any conscious pain” and said it determined that the state’s electric chair did not create cruel or unusual punishment. Under Florida law, inmates have 30 days after the state Supreme Court affirms their death sentence to request electrocution, otherwise the state defaults to lethal injection. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed Doty’s death sentence on July 9 in an opinion that noted his “stated desire to be executed.” Doty’s affidavit requesting death by electrocution was signed on Aug. 12 and filed in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, which covers six counties in the northern part of the state.
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