Joseph Wood
Joseph Wood was executed by lethal injection on July 23, 2014, at Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence in Florence, Arizona, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. A later news report said the execution took almost two hours and described it as the longest execution in U.S. history. That report cited his execution as a prior botched execution in Arizona.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. The execution by lethal injection was carried out by the State of Arizona, and a second account says it took almost two hours and was prolonged.
Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.