Executed
Tommie Smith
Tommie Smith was executed by lethal injection in Indiana in 1996, the first execution in the state carried out by that method. The Death Penalty Information Center reports that the execution was botched, with the team struggling to find adequate veins. According to that account, it took one hour and nine minutes before Smith was pronounced dead.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. The article reports the execution was botched, with the team struggling to find adequate veins and taking one hour and nine minutes to pronounce him dead.
Reported by: news reports.