Warren Lee Hill, Jr. Execution Rescheduled For Change in Lethal Injection Formula
There’s been another development regarding the execution of Georgia death row inmate Warren Lee Hill, Jr.
Monday, the Georgia board of pardons and paroles denied Hill’s clemency request.
He is mentally disabled.
Hill’s execution had been scheduled for Wednesday, July 18th at 7pm.
But according to the Georgia Department of Corrections it’s been rescheduled to Monday evening.
That’s because the department is changing from a three drug process used in lethal injections to a single drug.
That drug is the sedative Pentobarbital.
Brian Kammer is Hill’s attorney.
He questions why the department of corrections is just now making a change.
“I am concerned about the sudden dramatic change in the protocol,” said Kammer.
“I have to study the new protocol to see what other changes have been made but it certainly is troubling that this would happen day before a scheduled execution.”
The use of pentobarbital in executions has been criticized.
Questions arose about the sedative being unsafe by subjecting the individual to pain when used with other drugs.
In a statement, the Georgia Department of Corrections said it has been using pentobarbital in its execution process, and based upon the experience of other states and competent medical testimony, the drug has proven to be effective.
Meanwhile, Kammer and supporters of Hill remain optimistic about the motion for a stay of execution filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I hope that they will see Georgia’s system is not self-correcting with the denial of clemency on Monday. I think that we saw Georgia does not have a failsafe when the criminal justice system makes a mistake.”
A decision from the high court could come at any time.
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