US Child Rapist, Murderer Executed With Drug That Gives "Torturous Pain"

The lethal injection was made up of compounded midazolam, used to render a person unable to feel pain during an execution, a paralytic drug called vecuronium bromide, and compounded potassium chloride for the killing agent.

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US Child Rapist, Murderer Executed With Drug That Gives 'Torturous Pain'

Billy Irick, 59, is the first state inmate to be put to death since 2009. (Reuters)