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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH METRO THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2000 067000 Lawyer says client convulsed violently during execution 1 CSawr AOAS postnet.comnews IB jiir! Cherry Pediment Bed Includes Queen Rails But three reporters say it did not happen It St I 1 I ft Retail M) I Now is the time to uodde net radio news service; David Scott of the Associated Press and Bob Watson of the Jefferson City News-Tribune. "I saw the drug take effect and his head suddenly lay on the pillow," said Priddy, who has witnessed 11 executions. "He coughed about six times and that was it. I saw none of the things that this lawyer claims happened." Scott said he only saw Hunter cough several times.

On Sunday, the News-Tribune published a column by Watson in which he wrote, "I saw no violent reaction to the drug or apparent resistance to the process." Missouri's next execution is scheduled for July 12, when Mose Young, is to die for murdering three people in a pawn shop. E-mail: toneilpostnet.com Phone: 314-340-8132 constitutional "cruel and unusual punishment." Carnahan declined, according to spokesman Jerry Natchigal, who explained, "This execution was not out of the ordinary whatsoever." Hunter, 52, was executed on June 28 in the Potosi Correctional Center for the murders of two people in Jefferson City in December 1988. He originally pleaded guilty and asked to be put to death but later tried to withdraw his plea. He died of the intravenous injection of three drugs, the method Missouri has used since 1989. He got the first drug at 12:02 a.m.

and was pronounced dead four minutes later. The first drug is sodium penta-thol, which causes unconsciousness. The second halts breathing and the third stops the heart. In most cases, sodium pentathol causes the condemned person to cough once or twice. But Rafert said Hunter, who was strapped to a gurney on his back, rose up against the tethers and shook violently.

"His head and his chest heaved up against the restraints," she said Wednesday. "I'm absolutely certain there were convulsions. I know what I saw." Rafert said Hunter's reaction "made me realize how lethal injection can cause pain." Missourians Against State Killing, a group that opposes capital punishment, circulated Rafert's letter to news organizations. The group called Hunter's execution a "horrific and barbaric termination of human life." The three reporters who watched Hunter die were Bob Priddy, news director of Missouri- i ll your bedroom and save l.r udK63! Thisdassic I 18th Century bed is finely JLi m'Ka xa wooa ana seieo veneers, masterfully stained in a rich cherry finish, with heavy crown nxJdina and intricate turned posts. Be here eanV BYTIMO'NEIL Of the Post-Dispatch The lawyer for a murderer executed by lethal injection last week in Missouri says her client endured "violent convulsions." But three reporters who watched said they saw no such thing.

Cheryl Rafert, lawyer for Bert Leroy Hunter, outlined her description in a letter to Gov. Mel Carnahan. Rafert, who opposes capital punishment, asked Carnahan to halt future executions for a review of whether injections amount to un 111 -''nl these are sure to sell fast! mm llllil Whsu 13 Last! Store Hours: Friday: 5 pm-9pm Saturday: 9am-7pm Sunday: llam-5pm 8903 Page A Oettand, MO 63114 890-9098 1 355 S. 5th Sf. St.

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