Ángel Díaz
Angel Diaz, 55, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford on December 13, 2006, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. ProPublica reported that the first dose of drugs did not kill him and that he struggled for about half an hour before executioners gave him a second dose. An investigation later found that the state had not provided adequate training or followed its own protocols. The state paused executions briefly and resumed them in 2008.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. The first dose did not kill him and he struggled for about half an hour before executioners gave a second dose, which an investigation later found followed inadequate training and failure to follow the state's own protocols.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); news reporting on the execution.