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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Intravenous lines were properly placed in the veins of a death row inmate and were not to blame for his botched execution in December, a medical professional who monitored his death said Monday.
Testifying anonymously by phone before the Governor's Commission on Administration of Lethal Injection, the man said the IV lines were always in place during the process and were not responsible for the difficulty in pushing the fatal drugs into Angel Nieves Diaz's system.
The medical professional's qualifications were not disclosed. State law protects the anonymity of executioners and anyone involved with a lethal injection.
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