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Execution of Carey Dean Moore
Carey Dean Moore | |
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| Born | October 26, 1957 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 2018 (aged 60) |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Criminal penalty | Death (June 20, 1980) |
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| Victims | Reuel Eugene van Ness Maynard D. Helgeland (both 47) |
| Date | August 22, 1979 (van Ness) August 27, 1979 (Helgeland) |
Carey Dean Moore (October 26, 1957 – August 14, 2018) was a convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection by the state of Nebraska. It was the first execution in Nebraska using lethal injection, and the state's first execution since 1997.[1][2] The execution was the first in the United States to use fentanyl.[3][4]
The execution took place on August 14, 2018, at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, where Moore had been on death row since his conviction for killing two cab drivers in 1979; Moore was one of the United States' longest-serving death row inmates.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
The execution used a novel drug cocktail of diazepam, fentanyl, cisatracurium, and potassium chloride.[10] The German manufacturer of two of the drugs, Fresenius Kabi, sued the state of Nebraska and sought a restraining order to halt the execution, because EU law prohibits German companies from supplying pharmaceuticals that are used for capital punishment, which is regarded as a grave violation of international human rights law in Germany and other European countries, and because the manufacturer asserted that Nebraska authorities had acquired the drugs by fraud and in violation of the distribution contract which expressly prohibits sale, resale or distribution to American prisons. The lawsuit was part of a wider backlash against American prisons for using drugs obtained from European manufacturers in violation of the laws of their countries of origin.
The execution was the fourth in Nebraska since the 1976 Gregg v. Georgia decision, the first by lethal injection, and the first since a 2015 effort to ban capital punishment in Nebraska. Three other prisoners: Harold Lamont Otey, John Joubert, and Robert E. Williams, were executed in Nebraska's electric chair in the 1990s.
- ^ "Nebraska poised to carry out first execution since 1997 for one of nation's longest-serving death row inmates". New York Daily News. The Associated Press. August 14, 2018.
- ^ "Nebraska to Carry Out First Execution Since 1997 With Untried Drug Combination". Time. August 14, 2018. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018.
- ^ Mindock, Clark (August 15, 2018). "Nebraska executes first death row inmate using fentanyl". The Independent.
- ^ a b Smith, Mitch (August 14, 2018). "Fentanyl Used to Execute Nebraska Inmate, in a First for U.S." The New York Times. Lincoln, Neb. p. A10. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ Croucher, Shane (August 14, 2018). "Nebraska will make history in its execution of a death row inmate". Newsweek.
- ^ "Nebraska first to use fentanyl in execution". BBC. August 14, 2018.
- ^ Siemaszko, Corky (August 14, 2018). "Nebraska becomes first state to use fentanyl in execution". NBC News.
- ^ Kennedy, Merrit (August 14, 2018). "Nebraska Carries Out 1st Execution Using Fentanyl In U.S." NPR.
- ^ Mae, Ashley (August 14, 2018). "Carey Dean Moore says 'I love you' before dying in Nebraska's first execution by lethal injection using fentanyl". USA Today.
- ^ Duggan, Joe; Hammel, Paul; Nitcher, Emily; Stoddard, Martha (August 15, 2018). "'A monumental day': Nebraska executes Carey Dean Moore in state's first lethal injection". Omaha World-Herald.
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