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Questions surround what happened in 14 minutes witnesses were blocked from seeing Nebraska execution
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Questions surround what happened in 14 minutes witnesses were blocked from seeing Nebraska execution
- JoANNE YOUNG Lincoln Journal Star
- Aug 19, 2018
- Aug 19, 2018 Updated Feb 13, 2020
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Scott Frakes (left), director of Nebraska Department of Corrections, delivers a statement after the execution of Carey Dean Moore in August. In the background are three of the four media witnesses: Chip Matthews (from left) of News Channel Nebraska, Joe Duggan of the Omaha World-Herald and Brent Martin of Nebraska Radio Network.
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JoANNE YOUNG Lincoln Journal Star
Whether the execution of Carey Dean Moore in Nebraska with a unique set of drugs went smoothly or not has been left to speculation, not only in the state but around the country — subject to the spin of opponents and supporters alike.
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Execution timeline
10:19 a.m. — Four media witnesses arrive in execution chamber viewing room. Execution chamber is soundproof.
10:24 — Curtain is lifted showing Moore is on a table, his body covered by a white sheet and his arm out and connected to the IV tube, which comes out of the wall. Behind the wall is the IV team. Director Scott Frakes and acting Warden Robert Madsen are at the foot of the table Moore is on. The first of four drugs, diazepam, 37 cc, is started.
10:25 — Moore appears to speak to his witnesses, his brother, niece, a friend and a spiritual adviser. His witnesses are separated from the media witnesses by a partition.
10:26 — A saline cleanse runs through the tube to Moore. He closes his eyes. He turns his head to look up at the ceiling, then looks at his witnesses again. He closes his eyes. His lips part slightly.
10:27 — He begins to breathe more visibly.
10:29 — Warden Madsen does a consciousness check, flicking Moore’s eyelids, lifting them and shining a pen light into them. He then steps back.
10:30 — Fentanyl is delivered through the IV tube, 46 cc. Moore appears to cough and his diaphragm and abdomen move up and down rapidly, heaving.
10:31 — Saline runs through the IV tube. Moore’s chest stops moving and he goes still. His face gradually turns red and then a shade of purple.
10:32 — Cisatracurium besylate, 15 cc, is administered through the IV tube, followed by saline.
10:33 — Potassium chloride, 120 cc, is delivered.
10:36 — Saline runs through the IV tube.
10:38 — Moore’s eyelids crack open slightly.
10:39 — Frakes speaks into his radio and nine seconds later the curtain is lowered to the media witness room.
10:47 — Moore is pronounced dead by Lancaster County Coroner Pat Condon, out of sight of witnesses.
10:53 — The curtain goes up again and shows Moore, his body covered with a sheet except for his face.
Moore’s body is later remanded to the custody of the Nebraska State Patrol for an autopsy.
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